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DEL.ICIO.USThe better 7-2 season? It’s Tech’s
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Both Georgia and Georgia Tech are 7-2, but all 7-2’s aren’t created equal. Given a choice, you’d rather be the team:
- That began the season ranked 80th by Sports Illustrated and is now No. 20 in the BCS standings, as opposed to starting No. 1 in the polls and slipping to No. 13 in the BCS.
- That has a realistic chance to play for its conference title, as opposed to needing two major miracles.
- That has done more with less, as opposed to doing less with more.
- That has lost two games by a total of 10 points, as opposed to being beaten by an aggregate 50 points.
- That entered the season with a new coach, a new offense, a new quarterback and a new feature back, as opposed to changing almost nothing.
- That ranks 33rd among 119 Division I teams in fewest penalties, as opposed to ranking 119th.
- That hasn’t once been embarrassed, as opposed to having twice been.
- That has 26 sacks, as opposed to 16.
- That ranks 16th in pass defense, as opposed to 75th.
- That could call it a heartening season even if it loses every remaining game, as opposed to the one that won’t be deemed a success even if it wins the rest.
In sum, you’d rather be Tech. And if you should win in Athens on Nov. 29, you’d really rather be Tech.
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By Statham Dawg
November 6, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this
No matter, you would still be a Nerd from “The North Ave. Trade School’, that plays before high school size crowds and has an athletic dept. begging for people to show up. Remember if you call to order 5+ tickets and ask for the game time, they will ask when you can be there.
By m
November 6, 2008 7:43 AM | Link to this
Let’s face it….ugag is the Chan Gailey of college football teams. Underachieving, lackadaisical, all hype. Thank God and Greyhound that he is gone forever…just like ugag’s #1 ranking. Ugag…they were ranked #1 but they play like #2 (shoo-eeee).
By akhil
November 6, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this
GO JACKETS!! We are gonna beat the dawgs in their own backyard!
By Newnan Jacket
November 6, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this
Ouch, Statham! Did Mark strike a nerve there? Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, buddy? You are awfully sensitive for being a fan of the “best” team in the state. Maybe you are still hurting from that competitive game down in Jacksonville last week. Don’t feel so bad, buddy. If the ball bounced your way a few more times, a few plays were run a little differently, y’all counld have walked out of there with a score of 49-13. That would have much better. Don’t you think?
By JB
November 6, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this
What’s concerning me in Athens is a kinda of non-chalant oh well kind of Attitude after a beat down. Did anyone see Teebow after they lost to OLE MISS….. Losing at Florida is unacceptable, It’s the way the cookie crumbles in Athens. I would love to see some of our players trash a locker room and have to be contained by the coach’s. I KNOW they want to win, I just don’t want to see heads hanging after ANOTHER arse Whipping!!!!!!!!! I would like to see CMR crawl some arse rather than give a “you showed good character out there today men” speech ! I bet Meyer has never given one!
By Who cares
November 6, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this
UGA is the new Clemson and Mark Richt is Tommy Bowden in red and black!
By War Jacket
November 6, 2008 7:55 AM | Link to this
Sanford stadium is huge - it has to be since every redneck piece of trailor trash from Clayton to Moultrie is a UGAG fan. The collective IQ of the people in Athens, GA on a fall Saturday afternoon is greater than zero but not by much.
By JB
November 6, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this
Re: WHO CARES: I’m afraid you’re right. We play to hope to win, Florida takes the field saying we will win, and win big. Big difference in mind sets.
By Tech82
November 6, 2008 7:59 AM | Link to this
Who Cares - well said. I think UGA under Mark Richt will consistently win 9 or 10 games and occassionally win 11 but will always manage to lose when they need a win the most.
GO JACKETS! THWG!
By Richmonddawg
November 6, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this
JB- I have been saying the same thing all week. I think we need just one player or coach to come out and say ” Look guys, we are sorry for how we played, that is not what we want to give our fans, our fellow students and ourselves, and we are going to play our best ball the rest of the year.” Of course they could talk the talk, but would they walk the walk. Tebow certainly talked it, and walked it. We need one or two guys with his heart on thie team, and I have yet to see one with half of his.
By Mark
November 6, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
Would Tech be 7-2 with Georgia’s schedule? Would Georgia be 7-2 with Tech’s schedule? I think no on both questions. I agree that Tech’s 7-2 season has been better than Georgia’s 7-2 season to date because of the different expectations. Tech has exceeded while Georgia hasn’t met them. Tech is also still in the conference race while Georgia is all but eliminated at this point in the season.
A lot of things had to go right and we had to be lucky for an undefeated season or even one loss season and they haven’t happened. Hope the guys come ready to play Saturday at Lexington to get to 8-2. At this point in the season, it is the best we can hope for.
Go DAWGS!!!
By hehe
November 6, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this
Yea, but Matthew Stafford can clean and jerk an empty beer keg. Ive got the pics to prove it. Now thats leadership…Be proud UGA, you’ve almost got as many wins as postseason arrests..KARMA??
By Bobby Ross
November 6, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
Statham Dawg speaks the truth. Take it from someone who has been there.
By D.Ellis
November 6, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this
MARK-HOW QUICKLY YOU JUMP OFF THE BANDWAGON…if there is one left after last Saturday HAHAHAHAA
As A die hard DAWG Fan true and true….I would much rather be DAWG than a Yellow Jacket any day….but the truth is GT is having a better year than UGA hands down.
Any real UGA fan that disagrees with that is obviously blind. As a die hard UGA guy I can admit Tech is having a better year…however a better year becasue of why? Stats are stats Mark. You take away a win over a D1AA school and they are 6-2. So then who has a better season record wise? a 10-7 win over another D1AA scholl doesn’t beat the bush you know waht I’m saying
Record wise UGA would. Tech is having a better season becsue expectations in Atlanta were FAR LOWER than expectations in ATHENS. So in that aspect they are.
However until GT wins a game against us THIS CENTURY…well pretty much nuff said.
By reebok
November 6, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
Let’s not get carried away here, fans. And I’m including fans of both schools. Yes, Tech is better than expected, and UGA is underachieving versus expectations. Tech has a great coach and will be VERY good in 2 more years. But for right now, I am afraid the Doggies are going to put a severe beatdown on the Jackets in Athens this year.
By Alpharetta Dawg
November 6, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
Verses pre-season expectation Tech has done better and deserves credit but please…no one in their right mind would want to be Tech over UGA…Tech will not beat UGA so quit dreamimg. You were dead wrong about the Dawgs as late as 6 days ago and your wrong on this one too…at least your consistent.
By Harry
November 6, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
In retrospect does UGA’s schedule really look so daunting?
By Paul
November 6, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
When you’re expected to be the best, anything short of that is a disappointment. When you’re expected to be bad as usual, anything above that is an acheivement. I’m glad UGA is in a position to say 7-2 is disappointing. There’s about a 100 schools who would take that record in heartbeat.
- Tech, let me know when you get to that point.
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
Meeting — or failing to meet — expectations is a fairly major consideration, wouldn’t you say?
By BugKiller
November 6, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this
Mark Richt averages over 10 wins a year.
Not 9.
I thought you Bugs could count.
Seems to me, that a few wins and close calls here and there against a terrible schedule, you Bugs are getting a little too big for your britches.
Seriously, tell me again who you’ve beaten, or really, who you’ve played.
Waiting.
Just remember, your season will get put into perspective… AGAIN… when you come to Athens this year, just like in 2006.
Talk from Bugs is insignificant. Especially when they never back it up.
Earn the right to talk when y’all actually average 10 wins a season under your coach and win a conference championship or BCS Bowl or two.
Morons.
By Paul
November 6, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this
If Tech had UGA’s schedule this year, they’d be lucky to be sitting at 4-5 right now.
By jw
November 6, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this
Ah, nothing like getting the inbred rednecks fired up. Way to go Mark. to hell with the dogs.
By tampa dawg
November 6, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this
Put the mighty GT in the SEC and see what happens. They wouldn’t be 7-2 right now! UGA’s schedule is alot tougher than tech’s!
By D.Ellis
November 6, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
Mark-Of course it is. However I would like to be the team that has those expectations….than the other.
But on th flip side…I would like to be the team that carries through on those as well.
Dang it
By Paul
November 6, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
If Tech had UGA’s schedule this year, they’d be lucky to be sitting at 4-5 right now.
By Harry
November 6, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this
UGA has played two very good teams this year - lost to both. The rest of the schedule is not as tough as it initially appeared.
By Huh?
November 6, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
So there IS a double standard when it comes to Georgia and Georgia Tech? Thanks for clearing that up Mark. I had always thought so. The next time I hear a Techie crying about how mean the AJC is to their football program I’ll be sure to laugh directly in their face. Good grief.
By the way, its real easy not to get embarassed when you have played a grand total of ONE team that is currently ranked in the BCS top 25. Give me a break. We wouldn’t even be having a discussion about Georgia’s 7-2 season if they played that schedule because they’d be 9-0.
This column is a total laughinstock.
By BR
November 6, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
How do you even begin to compare Georgia’s schedule with Tech’s? To quote Corso and Herbstreet, “the ACC is the conference of mediocrity.” No one dominates, unlike the SEC who has two teams ranked in the top 5! Tech has played two teams in the top 25 so far (and they only have one left, UGA), and they lost to one of them! Comparing an ACC team like Tech with its schedule to a team with the hardest schedule in the country is ridiculous.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
Mark - Tech having a better season that UGA????
UGA lost to Bama and UF…. What is Bama’s & Florida’s current ranking?
Wait, What about Garner Webb? Virginia? I mean it’s Virginia for Christ’s sake!!!!
Nerds couldn’t handle SC, Bama, LSU or Florida. What would their record be? 5-4
Have the Dawgs lived up to preseason expectations? Absolutely not, but in light of the injuries sustained on the offensive line and a huge piece of our defense in Owens what do you expect?
I’ll take 11-2 over the Nerds 8-5 record they’ll wind up with any day of the week.
Mark, Nerds are about to find out what it’s like when you lose a big O-lineman.
Football games are won and lost in the trenches, anyone with any understanding of football at all knows that. Why don’t you?
So taking our injuries into consideration, I think the Dawgs have lived up to expectations. You can look at this year in a bad way, but you can also look at it in a good way. Look at all the experience we will have on the O line next year…
Get off CPJ’s nut sack
By dbc
November 6, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this
I’m a Dawg fan and I hate to say it but I will. UGA’s schedule is not the gauntlet that it first appeared before the season. The only two teams that turned out to be any good made the Dawgs pee their pants on National TV. I truly believe if Tech played UGA’s schedule, they’d still be 7-2 and would have lost to the same teams we did.
Sad but true.
By What?
November 6, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this
Iam neither for or against Georgia or Georgia Tech, but there is one thing about Tech I will never understand. You spend a great deal of money trying to sell Tech football tickets, and yet you constitently state that if you don’t go to a particular school and you do buy a ticket you must be “trailor trash”. Don’t you want some non Tech people to be fans and support the Tech program?
By crackbaby
November 6, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this
When will people learn that preseason polls mean nothing? Yet those same voodoo predictions have set the tone for UGA’s season. Dogs were overrated. Still a very good team, just not the best in the country, or the SEC, or the Eastern Division….
Tech has exceeded expectations but W-L records are the same. Dawgs have won 7 (?) straight against Tech. Jackets still have a lot of work to do. Talk is cheap - we’ll see what happens in Athens on Nov. 29.
By Condorcet
November 6, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
It’s simple:
Tech wasn’t expected to win 7, Great season for Tech and its fans.
UGA wasn’t expected to lose 2 (and certainly not as bad as they did), poor season for UGA and its fans.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
to What???
What program???
By Bob
November 6, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
To HUH.
you barely beat vandy at home. Duke beat Vandy @ Vandy. LSU will not be ranked after the a* kicking they receive this weekend. Then you will have 0 wins against ranked teams. Then what your excuse be???? Ga has beaten ONE ranked team and you were blown out in the other two games against ranked teams. btw, there are 4 ranked teams in both the sec and acc. don’t give us this bs that the sec is great this year. out of conference losses show you aren’t. looking forward to the a* kicking on Nov 29th. Tech 27-pooches 17
By Bob
November 6, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
To HUH.
you barely beat vandy at home. Duke beat Vandy @ Vandy. LSU will not be ranked after the a* kicking they receive this weekend. Then you will have 0 wins against ranked teams. Then what your excuse be???? Ga has beaten ONE ranked team and you were blown out in the other two games against ranked teams. btw, there are 4 ranked teams in both the sec and acc. don’t give us this bs that the sec is great this year. out of conference losses show you aren’t. looking forward to the a* kicking on Nov 29th. Tech 27-pooches 17
By GATORZONE
November 6, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
Funny to see so many Dog fans saying Tech does not stand an chance against UGA… You would think they would have learned to not count the chickens…
DEJA VU?
HASN’T TECH WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE LAST 20 YEARS??
Funny, how many dog fans overlook that.
By laxdawg
November 6, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
To all you Techies coming on our blogs and talking trash, all I have to say is that until you beat us you really have no right to say anything. Granted, yall have had a decent season, considering the expectations in Atlanta. And I must admit that I much admire what Paul Johnson has done with every team he has coached, and it will be no different with him at Tech- he will win football games. I must say that I think as a bulldog nation we all took a collective gulp when we heard the news of him coming to Atlanta. But the fact is, we have dominated Tech for the last 18 years, except for the three wins talleyed when George ‘the golden goose’ Godfrey was quarterback. So no matter what happens every year, we simply just laugh when you make fun of our season, because you have absolutely no right to say anything. But all this is going to do is just fuel the fire in this years game. So get ready for a boisterous Athens crowd when you bees swarm into town.
By bob
November 6, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
To HUH.
you barely beat vandy at home. Duke beat Vandy @ Vandy. LSU will not be ranked after the a* kicking they receive this weekend. Then you will have 0 wins against ranked teams. Then what your excuse be???? Ga has beaten ONE ranked team and you were blown out in the other two games against ranked teams. btw, there are 4 ranked teams in both the sec and acc. don’t give us this bs that the sec is great this year. out of conference losses show you aren’t. looking forward to the a* kicking on Nov 29th. Tech 27-pooches 17
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
HAHA, UGAG thinks they would be better if they played GT’s schedule…well who have you beat?…NOOOOOOOOOOOOOBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
oops I forgot, VANDERBILT, AND USC is almost a top 20 team.
FSU 49 UGA 10, yup!
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
Remember, the question wasn’t, “Who has the better team?” The question was — and is — “Who’s having the better season?”
By D.Ellis
November 6, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Bottom line is talk is cheap.
We shall see who has had the better season on the 30th.
By Huh?
November 6, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
We barely beat Vandy at home? Did you even watch the game? Since when is a double digit win “barely” beating someone? Since when is nearly doubling the other teams’ offensive yardage “barely” beating someone? Since when did you have any clue what the hell you were talking about?
Barely beating someone is blocking a freaking field goal to knock off….Gardner Webb. You’ve got a mighty big mouth my friend.
By Migrane Boy
November 6, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
Awwww…look everybody! Tech fans!
Here they are again. They pop up every three or four years to puff out their bird chests and talk big.
Then, like the last eight years (and further back than that if you don’t count wins with ineligible players) they get set straight by the Dawgs and crawl back into their holes.
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
I guess LSU is somebody, but they’ll be out of the top 25 after Saturday.
By idiots
November 6, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
For all you idiot Georgia fans talking about schedules, which is all SEC fans talk about, I would rather be playing Kentucky and Auburn to finish the year instead of UNC and Miami. Do you want to trade? And you can’t talk about strength of schedule when the only two good teams you’ve played you lost by a comined 50+ points.
Get over it Georgia fans, there are two good teams in the SEC this year and you are not one of them. The two good teams blew you out of the stadium.
Tech would be definitely be 7-2 with UGA’s schedule, and I guarantee Bama and Florida wouldn’t have scored as much on our D as they did Georgia’s. We have beaten a top 15 team this year, have you? Well I guess you will get your chance when you play us.
By Rodzilla
November 6, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this
“No matter, you would still be a Nerd from “The North Ave. Trade School’, that plays before high school size crowds and has an athletic dept. begging for people to show up. Remember if you call to order 5+ tickets and ask for the game time, they will ask when you can be there.”
Nerds are becoming more and more mainstream, are making more and more money, are holding higher and higher positions in companies, and still have jobs in this economy. How’s being a redneck treating your job prospects?
Oh, and whose high school football team has more national championships? Oops…
By josh
November 6, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this
The SEC teams that UGA has played are not that good! lets face reality dog fans! Why would we be 4-5 against mighty Vandy, Tennesee, Arizona St, Central Michigan, and GA southern! the only legit teams you have played you have L’s on your schedule. Tech will probably get throttled by UGA and Green but EVERY team in the SEC is not that good! The ACC is probably the 2nd or 3rd best conference in the nation, it is not like we play a high school schedule.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this
Ramble On - Dawgs wouldn’t have lost to the teams Tech lost to.
And that’s the bottom line!
By Chuck
November 6, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
Why does Bradley continue throughout the article to refer to Tech as “that,” if Tech is “that” then UGA is “this.” And “this” is ridiculously overrated. Way to go UGA fans another mediocre season. Apparently Knowshon is not the second-coming of Herschel. What’s the good word, To h—- with Georgia.
By D.N. Nation
November 6, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
Mark-
Georgia didn’t nearly lose to a 1-AA school. Ergo, I’m sticking with the Dawgs. Being good in the ACC accounts for all of nothing. Sorry.
By Michael T
November 6, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
The Dawgs remain #1 in beer guts, belching and boasting. And, they’re proud of it.
By dawgs24/7
November 6, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
Would you rather have UGA’s schedule or Tech’s?? UGA with Tech’s schedule 11 and 0 Tech with UGA’s schedule 4-7 Bottom line…we will see who is best in 4 weeks.
By GATORZONE
November 6, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
WTF.. No, not the Tebow poster, but the Headline on Sunday morning after the UGA game!!!
That was a funny line, though. I have to give you credit.
By TURTSNAP
November 6, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
As painful as it is to admit… UGA has been a disappointment with their expectations, while GT has been a surprise. I knew Paul Johnson would make a difference, just didn’t know it would be this quick.
GT is having the better season, should be one heck of a showdown the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
Lets see…..
UGA’s Schedule
GA. Southern - Tech win
Central Michigan - Tech win
@South Carolina - Tech loss
@Arizona State - Tech win
Alabama - Tech loss
UT - Tech win
Vandy - Tech win
@LSU - Tech loss
Florida - Tech loss
@Kentucky - Tech loss
@Auburn - Tech loss
(@UGA)/GT - Tech loss
Wow, I’m coming up with 5-7…..
By D.Ellis
November 6, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
Facts are facts:
Tech has beaten 2 D1A teams with winning records.
UGA has beaten 4 D1A teams with winning records.
Tech has beaten 2 D1AA team UGA has beaten 1D1AA team
However none of that is relevant come 330 on the 29th.
By Gene
November 6, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this
I really can’t understand Mark Richt. He appears to be an admirable person in his private life. I saw the moving piece about his adopted children, and I don’t doubt his religious sincerity. As a coach, he is a composite of Miami and FSU. His players are out of control, both on and off the field. They have assaulted and seriously injured a number of students over the years. They lead the country in player arrests and penalties. Tennessee and Auburn players sit out half the season for alcohol infractions. Ellerbe sits out two games for stealing and wrecking an automobile, drunk driving, and leaving the scene. There is a sense of entitlement among Richt’s players that undercuts their considerable talent. The mug shots of Georgia players appearing in the AJC look like they came from the wall of the post office. These young men are supposed to be college students, not employees of Tony Soprano. Because of his recruiting ability, Georgia will continue to compete for the SEC championship, but until Richt enforces some discipline, that is as far as they will go.
By A
November 6, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this
Considering GA and GT play each other, this is really a moot point.
By dawgs24/7
November 6, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
so a missed field goal by Garnder-Webb and a fumble by Florida State on the goal line in the last minute means Tech is having a good season…LOL you bugs crack me up..I’m actually glad you morons feel like you have accomplished something so you feel man enough to climb out of your hives for the first time this decade. I hope you win your division..I hope you win the ACC Championship so I can say at the end of the year that this dissapointing UGA team beat the ACC Champs by 3 touchdowns.
By GATORZONE
November 6, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
To all those out there that are so sure of how successful UGA would be with Tech’s schedule…
Weren’t you the same ones so sure of a Beatdown against Florida?
I think you have changed your identity so as not to be called out.
By Alabama Jack
November 6, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
“By Statham Dawg November 6, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this No matter, you would still be a Nerd from “The North Ave. Trade School’, that plays before high school size crowds and has an athletic dept. begging for people to show up. Remember if you call to order 5+ tickets and ask for the game time, they will ask when you can be there.”
Bad dawg. One more bark and its back to the pound with you.
By BulldogJeff
November 6, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
Tech has without question. Everyone thought they would be terrible. Our boys weren’t as good as we and a lot of people thought they were. But we’ll still beat Tech. The goal should be to go 3 and 0 now. 10-2 ain’t bad.
By That_Guy
November 6, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
Leg Humpers can’t claim who they would or wouldn’t have lost to because they haven’t actually beaten a good team yet. The 2 good teams they faced, they got smoked by. Would they have dropped a game or two in Tech’s schedule? I say yes- but not by a blowout like they have against 2 good teams. The SEC is outragously down this year and is the 4th best conference in the country. 2 good teams (both killed UGA) then UGA and LSU. Remember, LSU is by no means a good team and shouldn’t even be in the top 25. So UGA’s best win is against a team that I truly believe is worse than GT based on the year to date (LSU’s best win is…Auburn?)
By dave
November 6, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
Geez you bugs (and Mark Bradley of course) fail to look at the 2 teams Georgia lost to compared to Techs 2 losses.
Georgia lost to #1 Alabama and #5 Florida.
Tech lost to unranked Va. Tech and unranked Va.
Funny that this little fact wasn’t mentioned in the write up. Now who’s played the better schedule again? Tech would’ve lost to LSU and Vandy. The truth has been told, later bugs.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
Ellerbe tore up some flower pots and a parking gate at the hospital, he didn’t steal a car….
By Alabama Jack
November 6, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this
Dawg fans prove yet again, there ain;t no branches in their family tree.
By Johnny H
November 6, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this
How is Mark Richt the next Tommy Bowden? He has TWO SEC Championships and 79 wins in under 8 years.
Would you rather be the program that every year is a legit contender or one who celebrates mediocrity? I’d go with the former. I also wouldn’t want to be riding a SEVEN games losing streak to my biggest rival. That would be two of such streaks in the last 20 years.
By Steven Daedalus
November 6, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
Tech would be 0-7 if they played a schedule. Oh they do, but its ACC and Gardener Webb, Bradley you are dufous.
By Rick S
November 6, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
Georgia’s season record of 7-2 is extemely disappointing as the team especially the coaches have “under achieved”. Georgia Tech on the other hand has performed beyond expectation and it appears have a very good Head Coach in Paul Johnson. I am a Georgia fan but being realistic so to answer the question on which team has a better 7-2 season the answer is Georgia Tech! Hate to say it but it is true.
By No Fire
November 6, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
CMR and the team seem to have no remorse for there P-squared performances against AL and UF. Oh well, if we go 10-2 or 9-3 that’s fine, the fans and money keep flowing in. I don’t think Urban Myer would stand for this. We should seek perfection, or at least have that attitude. Be careful, or Tubberville will save his job by using us.
By Katherine
November 6, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
Kudos to the rare AJC article that is pro-GT! GO Jackets!!
By Bring it
November 6, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
Quite amazing to hear cocky Tech fans on this blog. When was the last time you beat UGA? Someone please remind me, I can’t remember it’s been so long…I think it may have been back in the 20th Century. Yeah….I can see you guys getting cocky, with all the national press you get playing in the oh so difficult ACC. If my team had not beaten a rival in the last 7 tries, I think I would keep my mouth shut. But keep on talking beotches…it will make 8 in a row that much sweeter. Go Dawgs!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
Oh, right.. And tech has definitely beat some powerhouse programs huh?
Go to Baton Rouge and beat LSU…. Then talk about how good they aren’t.
By Jacket for Life!
November 6, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
There is only one thing that Georgia Tech students and Georgia students have in common……they both had good enough grades to get into the University of Georgia! A GT degree is worth soooooo much more than a degree from Georgia. Unless, of course, you get to use your UGA degree to be able to park in the handicaped spots!
By John
November 6, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Georgia lost to Alabama and Florida, two SEC teams that will probably be in the SEC championship and one of them will probably play in the National championship. Both will probably end up in the top 5 teams of the year. Tech plays in the ACC and lost to whom???? I applaud Tech’s season, and love their new coach, but let’s don’t get carried away.
By Tony
November 6, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
This stuff about would’ve, could’ve and should’ve is ridiculous. We can’t control the schedule and who we play. Two years ago Ga. lost three or four games in row or so including their homecoming game to Vandy just like Tech lost their game to Vriginia. It happens. The bottom line is that this year Tech has over acheived and the dawgs have under acheived. Life goes on. It’s not the end of the world. When you win, enjoy and when you lose, endure. That’s life.
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
Actually, I think there’s a chance the Tech-Georgia game will be at noon.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
Alabama Jack,
I’m in your family tree, look under YO DADDY
By Red Elephant
November 6, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this
I like UGA, but I’m glad to see a fine old tradition like GT getting better. I would love to see GT & Alabama get together again on an annual basis! They should never have left the SEC. My grandfather said some of the toughest games he ever witnessed were between GT & UA. Roll Tide!
By Scott
November 6, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this
GT may lose to UGAG this year, but it won’t be a blow out! UGAG fans can talk all the smack they want b/c of the last 7 years. However, FSU had won 15 straight under Bowden, they lost this year. Me thinks UGAG should be a tad bit worried. Also, GT would be 7-2 for sure at this point with UGAG’s schedule.
See you after Turkey Day!
By chuck e
November 6, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
Last time I checked Tech is an “0”-for this century against the Dogs. “Nuff said!!
By JACK
November 6, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
TECH WILL BREAK THE SAME “CURSE” WITH UGAG THAT IT DID WITH “FREE SHOES U” THIS YEAR. GO TECH AND REMEMBER, UGAG COULD EASILY LOSE OUT THE REST OF THE YEAR
By Halberstram
November 6, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
So far Tech has easily had the better season. While I believe UGA has played a harder schedule so far, UGA is also a more talented team. Not to mention all the other issues Tech has dealt with as outlined by Mark.
So far this season would have to be considered a failure for UGA and Richt. The team has not stepped up to any challenges so far this year. It’s been difficult to watch. Hopefully the coaches and players will learn from it.
Still though I expect UGA to beat Tech in a few weeks, which would get the team double digit victories for the year. A strong goal to shoot for, not to mention it would position a New Years day bowl. The goals of reaching Miami won’t be met but that doesn’t mean the team shouldn’t get the best bowl available.
Go Dawgs!
By JD
November 6, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this
Great perspective… gotta love it.
GOOOO JACKETS!!!
By D.Ellis
November 6, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this
Me loves some good natured ribbing with ye rival!
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 6, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
Obviously perspective and expectations determine the answer to the question Mr. Bradley. I didn’t think those 50 points that we got beat by could sound any worse but there you go adding “aggregate” in front of it to rub it in. Tech expected nothing from this year other than to write Chan a check and show up at the stadium every week for free pizza and soda. I would agree they are having the better season based upon expectations. You expect nothing, get something, or suprise an ACC title. ONV Paul Johnstone is doing an excellent job in that tough, tough, ACC conference. They will get paired with Boise State or Utah in a BCS game and suprise look like a top caliber team. ONV Paul Johansson will have his team ready to win in Athens. As a UGA fan I figured a loss or two with that brutal schedule. I didn’t figure on the team not showing up for two halves.
By Expectations
November 6, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
Ga Tech has clearly the better season. PJ would have let the Jackets walk back to Booby Dodd after the whipping the dogs gotlast Saturday. PJ is a winner it might not happen his year against the dogs but it will.
By David
November 6, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
I am a fan of both programs, but you have to respect Tech more… why?
Have you ever listened to a post game press conference after a UGA-Tech game? Tech’s players sound intelligent, and UGA’s players sound like Michael Vick. With the exception of the quarterback and a couple of others, the whole UGA team is as dumb as a bunch of fence posts. And now, it looks like Richt’s legacy will be championships with a bunch of thugs who constantly get arrested off the field. I will cheer for Georgia, but learn to have class.
By Greg
November 6, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
“so a missed field goal by Garnder-Webb and a fumble by Florida State on the goal line in the last minute means Tech is having a good season…LOL you bugs crack me up..I’m actually glad you morons feel like you have accomplished something so you feel man enough to climb out of your hives for the first time this decade. I hope you win your division..I hope you win the ACC Championship so I can say at the end of the year that this dissapointing UGA team beat the ACC Champs by 3 touchdowns.”
I guess that fumble on the goal line vs. South Carolina and that last ditch effort to stop the mighty Vanderbilt on 4th down with a minute left are more impressive?
By OKCBULLDOG
November 6, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
Listen dog fans, we are just not as good as projected as Mark was pointing out in the artical and GT is better than expected. Our defense is garbage compared to GT, but over all I do think we are a better team than they are. I will say this also if we leave it up to Stafford to have to throw a lot in the GT game we will loose against GT. This guy is so predictable he never looks off receivers he gives every secondary in the country a chance to make a play on every ball he throws. He has bought into the hype of his strong arm so he thinks he can drill the ball in any tight fit.
By Todd Ramos
November 6, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
And most likely staham dawg’s boss. Or the rich guy drilling his wife
By GeoffDawg
November 6, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
What a ridiculous comparison. Of course I’d rather be 7-2 in the SEC than 7-2 in the ACC. Going to the BCS by winning the ACC is like being the best looking coed on the tech campus. Georgia has obviously failed to live up to expectations this year and tech has exceeded expectations but when those expectations are so vastly different, it’s apples and oranges.
By MB
November 6, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
UGA had a great pre-season schedule, but a lot of the luster has been taken away. GSU and Central Michigan were tune up games and Arizona State has turned out to be very overrated. SoCar, Vandy and LSU are good teams but nothing great. Kentucky has been close in a number of games but hasnt won a big game this year. UGA could be their statement game if they win. Auburn and Tennessee are a complete joke. Bama and Florida are great but they took UGA behind the woodshed in both games. So when talking about this schedule let’s talk about you really played not what was expected of the schedule.
By Dhoo
November 6, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
Typical dawg fans. The second it is insinuated that they are not as good as they think they are, they get all defensive and just start insulting Tech. Speaking of insults…
Maybe if you UGA people used just a little reading comprehension skills, you would realize the question is not “Who’s better. Tech or Georgia?.” The question is “Who’s having a more satisfying season? Whose fans are happier and who do you want to be?” The answer to that is clearly Tech. Granted, that is because of lowered expectations, but Tech fans are excited about change the tremendous early success of that change and the hope for the future. UGA is frustrated by underachievement. I’d rather have the first any day.
Also, the SEC is not nearly as good this year as in previous years. There are three good teams: Bama, Florida, and UGA. If Tech had played UGA’s schedule, I think we’d still be 7-2, maybe 6-3. It UGA had played Tech’s schedule, they’d be 9-0. I don’t doubt that.
The fact remains that regardless of what happens in Athens, I’d rather be a Tech fan. That’s because I’m a true fan along with every other Tech fan on this blog. We don’t need 10 win seasons to be fans. Now when we start getting those 10 win seasons, we’ll pick up our share of fair weather fans and start selling out Bobby Dodd. Unlike UGA fans, 10 win season or 0 win season, 14 point win or 56 point loss, I’m there every game and I stay until the end. That’s the kind of fan I’d rather be.
By theedge
November 6, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
The notion that Tech couldn’t compete in the SEC is stupid. Georgia barely beat Vandy. Vandy beaten by Duke are you kidding me Duke. Duke pummeled by Tech with a back-up QB. Tech has had significant injuries just like Georgia. But these teams are closer than people think. That game in Nov will not be a blowout I do not know who will win but it will be entertaining.
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
Back in August, if somebody had said, “Your team will be 7-2 on Nov. 6 — would you be satisfied with that?”, would any Georgia fans have said yes? Would any Tech folks have said no?
By Mike
November 6, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
I’m a Tech fan and I’m enjoying this season. OK, Ugag has great recruits and many more fans than us, but we’ve got a football coach. We’re building a very good football program. You guys might beat us again this year, but think about this, Coach Johnson is winning with lots of Freshmen and Sophmores not to mention several walk-on players. While ugag leds the nation in recruiting, hope you guys don’t look over your shoulder and see who Coach Johnson is talking to.
By bb
November 6, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
Funny, GT has only played one team in the BCS top 25 AND still has as many wins against those teams as UGA.
By Jake
November 6, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
Greg, go crawl back into the hole where you came from.
You are a typical UGA fan who has the brain equivalent to that of a ten year old.
The fact is, we won both of those games, end of story.
The two times UGA has faced a top tier team you have had it handed to you. You didn’t deserve to be on the field with Florida and the Alabama game was definitely worse than the score indicated.
I hope you know you are wrong when you say you will beat Tech by three touchdowns, because the chances of that happening are slim to none. The last three years have been closer than the score indicated and with Paul Johnson at the helm the Jackets are about to restore order in the rivalry.
So in conclusion, Greg, do yourself and your university a favor and never post on this topic again. You are doing a true dis-service to the Dawgs and the University when you open your mouth. Learn what you are talking about before you post and then go get a real degree somewhere other than UGA.
Have fun working under a Tech grad as well.
By Halsey
November 6, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
All things are relative The Dawgs had high expectations and 2 bad losses have killed tham. The Jackets weren’t expected to be in the conversation for the ACC Championship game at this point in the season. The Jackets have had a better season so far. It’s like the Falcons: 5-3 is great for them, but dissapointing for a team expecting to get the top playoff seed.
By GTRamblinwreck
November 6, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
Uga fans want to talk about who they have played and who we played…blah blah. The fact is…UGA has played 3 teams in the top 25. They got embarrassed by 2 of those teams (50 points..come on). They beat one of them, a 13th ranked LSU. That means, for the retarded dogs (correct spelling), they have 1 win over a ranked team as we do (15th FSU). For people to say of the SEC is just a harder conference, I get tired of hearing it…GT beat a weak Miss St.(who had a “great” defense, Vandy lost to Duke….DUKE…AT HOME, Auburn will not even make it to a bowl game. UGA had better look out and be prepared after Thanksgiving. They do get a bye week before the game, they better attend mass and pray versus practice.
By Lindsey
November 6, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
Hey Mark, I was reading your article and although what you said is correct I did not understand why you did not mention schedule. Would GT be 7-2 this season if they had to play UGA’s schedule? GO DAWGS!!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
Mark - As soon as I found out that we lost Sturdivant for the year I knew we’d have two losses. Although I figured on them being LSU/UF, not Bammer/UF.
By D.Ellis
November 6, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
OKCBULLDOG-On the contrary. Stafford looked off the safety on the Kenneth Harris drop Saturday. Also on the MM catch near the 8 yard line…that he rifled in so hard you couldn’t see it. They showed the replays. And if you rewatch the safety moves with his head.
He may not be living up to expectations…but he does know how to look off a safety or corner.
However note this to. If UGA gets out to an early lead on the 29th against Tech, and Tech is forced to throw the ball and abandon the run…..they will be in trouble BIG TIME.
By Scoots
November 6, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this
What does a UGA student call a GT student? Nerd.
What does a UGA graduate call a GT graduate? Boss
A UGA fan’s life revolves around football, even in the offseason. Georgia Tech likes its football, but we don’t live and die by it - we actually have other things to live for. So when UGA is picked number 1 preseason, and they get slaughtered twice, and their fans cry and have to resort to comparing their schedule with Tech’s as an excuse to live, it’s funny, but it’s also sad and pathetic. And that’s why Tech is having a better season. And because we might very well have something to play for on Nov. 29th, and you won’t, unless you’re fired up about being in the Meineike Auto Parts Bowl. Sick ‘em, puppies!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
Mike, UGA is playing with quiet a few underclassmen as well. It is easier to succeed with underclassmen at skill positions than it is on the line, due to the physicality of their duties.
By ED FROM ELLIJAY
November 6, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
CAN ERK BE BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD?? HIRE MUSCHAMP OR GET VAN GORDER BACK. WE HAVE NO CLUE ON DEFENSE. WHY DO WE STILL PLAY BRIAN EVANS? WHY #11 BROWN? WHAT HAPPENED TO CUFF #25 WHO SEEMED TO HIT SOMEBODY? WHY CAN’T WE FIND A DEFENSIVE END WHO CAN RUSH THE PASSER? WHY DIDN’T ELLERBEE PLAY MORE AT FLORIDA? GAMBLE GOT KILLED!! WHY CAN’T MARTINEZ SEE THESE THINGS WE SEE? NEED A NEW DEFENSINE COORDINATOR BADLY!!
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
This blog reaffirms everything. The mutt nation is scared to death of GT and CPJ!!!
Hey anyone see that 4 star WR commit to GT…Seems I remember the fleabag nation saying no big time recruits would commit to this offense, especially WR’s. HA!!!
UGA’s MVP’s Reggie Ball and Chan Gailey are gone. Now this is a change I can believe in.
By williebkind
November 6, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
Hey pay me 4.5 million a year and give me truck advertisement and I can also have a 10 & 2 season with the DAWGS. Hell we might have a 9 & 3 season with a loss in the bowl games. I can do that good and I have never coached. Please make me head coach of UGA. At least you will be told I do not what I am doing instead of defending Bobo the clown and the idiot Martinez.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this
Wow Scoots, very original….
By TheItalianDawg
November 6, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this
please Dawg nation stop talking trash to the techies, they are not worth it. let these techies enjoy their limited little success and feel good about themselves until they visit Athens. since they are our frustration exit of the season!!!
By Stay Home
November 6, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this
Ga has played so far below expections that they should Not accept any bowl bid(esp. the Outhouse). A little soul searching and dismissing of under achieving players and coaches would be a better use of time. If we play one of the Big-12 teams, it will be another major embrassment.
By Jacketnation
November 6, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this
I would rather be at Tech getting a real education and striving for exellence in the class room and on the field; than at UGA visiting on of the 52 bars in walking distance and playing well below expectations on the field.
Answer to question Mark; Tech is most certainly have a better season. A new coach, an entirely new system, a great attitude on the team, and a new era. To be where they have risen is no less than excellent compared to where UGA has fallen.
By RealistDawg
November 6, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
The difference is coaching, GT hired a proven veteran winning coach vs. UGA’s hiring a loaf of baloney that still hasn’t developed into a top tier coach yet. I wish Johnson were coaching the Dawgs, they’d probably be undefeated, #1, blowing out team after team, and rolling to a NC right now.
It’s amazing how STUPID Adams and Dooley and Evans and the Athletic Association are to have hired Richt in the first place then keep giving him raise after raise when he keeps squandering talent and underperforming year after year.
Richt is the Booby Cox of college football…
By PantherFan
November 6, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
The best NCAA football record in the state this season belongs to LaGrange College.
They are 8-1 and will be playing for the conference championship on November 15th
By Tom Becker
November 6, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this
If Georgia is ranked 13th in the polls, then the pollsRanass.
Until very late in the Florida game, the score was Florida: 7 whole touch’s, the Bulldogs, ZIP!
Field goals are for hockey moms.
I refuse to allow Richt or anyone else to destroy the fighting spirit of a good bulldog.
We cant stand for this. If Obama changes nothing else, let him work to rid ourselves of Richt.
Rid Richt! Rid Richt!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this
ROFL!!!!! Dawgs skeered of Tech?
Wow, I’m speechless….
By TheItalianDawg
November 6, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this
please Dawg nation stop talking trash to the techies, they are not worth it. let these techies enjoy their limited little success and feel good about themselves until they visit Athens. since they are our frustration exit of the season!!!
By MountainDawg
November 6, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this
Until the UF debacle (which the Dawgs gave away), UGA was having the better season, but (for the time) on paper the Techies can claim the better season (by a very narrow margin). That being said, the Bugz play a much weaker schedule. Bottom line, UGA will once again whoop the North Ave Nerdz in a few weeks, so you geeks can go back to your WoW, Buzz blow-up dolls & getting dissed+dismissed by the hot chicks! LOL!!! GO DAWGS!!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this
Oh yeah, as far as the Hill kid goes on the verbal to Tech.. Let the Dawgs send him an offer and he’ll drop the P** Ant’s like a hot potato…
By David
November 6, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
Mark- Will you do an article on off the field arrests? Both UGA and Tech have had off the field arrests over the years… but I am curious how they compare. It sure seemed like UGA players were getting in trouble every week these last couple of years.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
Oh yeah, as far as the Hill kid goes on the verbal to Tech.. Let the Dawgs send him an offer and he’ll drop the P** Ants like Vigina did the Nerds…
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
Oh yeah, as far as the Hill kid goes on the verbal to Tech.. Let the Dawgs send him an offer and he’ll drop the P** Ants like Vagina did the Nerds…
By Mike
November 6, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
Sounds to me from reading this blog that Dawg fans are getting a might touchy.
The SEC sucks outside of Bama and UF, so don’t try to pull that garbage on us. In fact, I rather doubt UGa would have as many as 7 wins against Tech’s schedule. Who has UGa beaten? Arizona State? (2-6) Tennessee? (3-6) Heck, their best wins are over Vandy (who lost to Duke, my friends) and LSU (who also hasn’t beaten anyone). Tech has WINS over their tough opponents such as FSU (7-2), BC (5-3), and our win over Clemson is about the same as UGa’s win over LSU. (Forget how LSU is ranked right now, wait until the end of the year.)
Having said all of that, it will all come down to that last Saturday in November. All I can say right now is that a game no one expected would be competitive at the beginning of the year is shaping up to be a real battle. And that’s all I could hope for this year.
By GTMAN
November 6, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
I love the comparisons and my favorite thing is the number of fans UGA can have every week in Athens? In the metro area there is probably over three million UGA grads and then you throw in the fact that they have the largest university in the the state? It is so amazing that they can sell out after you have 52,000 season ticket holders, another 15,000 students, then visiting schools gets 10,000 tickets, and then rest goes to players, employees, and friends of UGA. It is amazing that with all the alumi in the surronding area they can sell a whopping 50,000 plus tickets every game? I also like that all the UGA fans think that we would lose all the SEC games? We were able to blast MST with our back up QB and AU couldn’t score a TD but they could give LSU all they wanted? ASU is having a bad year and they are from the P10. I also remeber a young UM team giving UF all they wanted until late in the fourth quater the same team that plastered UGA.
By Paddy
November 6, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this
To answer the question posed; Tech is having a better season. You can’t argue schedules or what league you play in. You play the hand you are delt, period. Thats what is great about college sports. I hate to admit it but behind closed doors even the best UGA fan is giving credit to CPJ and his team. They do play the entire game whistle to whistle with gusto. They are not great but fun to watch.
Go Dawgs
By Gumdrop
November 6, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
UGAy= 2008 National Chumps!
Your inferior Cow College is 2008’s college football laughing stock. Don’t look now, but UF just scored again!
By chuck e
November 6, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
Is it possible that Tech might actually play a bowl game on something other than blue carpet this year? UGA has had a much tougher schedule and underperformed, Tech has had a candy-a** schedule and overperformed…good for them. A little better than mediocre Tech team playing in a weak sister ACC, wahoo!!! UGA will still play in a better bowl.
By bigfrie
November 6, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
No matter what happens on the 29th, I will be proud of my Jackets! This is a much needed article, as Tech is not in the spotlight as much as that other school. This season has been great so far and I can’t wait to see what’s to come! Go Jackets!!!
By Buzz2233
November 6, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
I am a diehard TECH fan, will be till the day I die. While I am very happy about the year we have had so far I don’t think we need to boast so much. Please remember that the Tarheels give us a heck every year remember who we tied in 1990? These next two conference games are going to be very difficult Miami is ever improving and they owe us. I believe everyone would rather have an over acheiving year as opposed to a year that can only be looked at as a disappointment, yet I would love to have those lofty expectations to begin the year with as well. As for statham dog and his comment about 5+ tickets and game time at least Tech don’t have to inform ticket buyers that the game starts just as soon as morning roll call at the state prison is overwith and the players can bail thier mama’s out of county lockup and pay the fine for prostitution. I believe every school should win more games in a season then they have players arrested however ga can’t convince the NCAA to extend the season to 162 games like MLB. UP WITH THE WHITE AND GOLD AND AS WE ALL LOVE TO SAY THWG.
By Matthew
November 6, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
I would rather fail at achieving high goals than satisfied by maintaining mediocrity.
By Williebkind
November 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
Scared of Tech? I do not think so! A 2 & 5 Auburn is tougher than a 7 & 2 Tech. I consider tech a win. Its Auburn I am concerned about.
By bigfrie
November 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
No matter what happens on the 29th, I will be proud of my Jackets! This is a much needed article, as Tech is not in the spotlight as much as that other school. This season has been great so far and I can’t wait to see what’s to come! Go Jackets!!!
By Rob
November 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
The Dawgs “gave away” 49-10?? LOL!!!
By Schedule?
November 6, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
Keep bringing up Gardner Webb morons. You played a D2 school as well. They’re called the Georgia Southern Eagles. And you gave up 21 points to them and a ton of yards. And I don’t care if you had your 4th string in either. We were on our 4th string QB for that full Gardner Webb game. 2 more words for you Dawg fans on your grueling schedule….CENTRAL…MICHIGAN!
By Unbiased opinion
November 6, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this
You can always tell when the traditional underdog team in the state is having a good year: the traditional favorite starts comparing schedules!
By UmUga
November 6, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this
Every week U just learn from your mistake…you fall down you get up and keep going again…we lost to 2 big ss teams in the nation…dont even think a little bit that GT would beat UGA ..Garsh GT better thing again twice!!! in our backyard? yeah right! Unless GT goes back in the lab, shoot up with steroid in order to beat us.
Good luck ….Burgs!!
By dan
November 6, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this
I think Ga Tech is kind of like the Falcons, they beat the teams they should for the most part( which is a step in the right direction) and they play with a lot of heart( which is more than I can say for UGA), but it’s hard to really gauge them due to their schedule. If Clemson wasn’t a total basket case coming into their game with Tech, I think they would have won. And FSU is getting better, but they’re a very young football team. The same is true for North Carolina and Miami. Nonetheless, I’m impressed with the Yellow Jackets for 2 reasons: 1.) Their defense has been excellent this year and has really kept them in game and 2.) Johnson doesn’t put up with a lack of focus which means his teams play hard and smart for the most part. I think UGA is still the better team, but Tech is closing the gap and if the Dawgs come into this game the same way they did against the Gators, the streak will end at 7.
By BellamyUGADawg
November 6, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
Would you rather be 7-2 in one of the worst BCS conferences or 7-2 in on of the best conferences? Would you rather be ranked 13th or 20th? Would you rather play infront of 100k people or 40k people? Would you rather be relevant in BSC championship talk or ACC Championship talk? Congrats to Techies on having a good season by their standard, and yes, we have not had a great season. But please don’t act for a minute that UGA fans would trade any of our seasons for GT’s. See you guys Nov. 29, we will be ready for your “perfect option” braahahahahahahahah!!!!!!
By DawgSpanky!
November 6, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
UGAy= 2008 National Chumps!
Your inferior Cow College is 2008’s college football laughing stock. Don’t look now, but UF just scored again!
By Schedule?
November 6, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
Keep bringing up Gardner Webb morons. You played a D2 school as well. They’re called the Georgia Southern Eagles. And you gave up 21 points to them and a ton of yards. And I don’t care if you had your 4th string in either. We were on our 4th string QB for that full Gardner Webb game. 2 more words for you Dawg fans on your grueling schedule….CENTRAL…MICHIGAN!
By TheItalianDawg
November 6, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
please Dawg nation stop talking trash to the techies, they are not worth it. let these techies enjoy their limited little success and feel good about themselves until they visit Athens. since they are our frustration exit of the season!!!
By st simons
November 6, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
SEC is the most OVERRATED conference in the country!!! alot of cupcakes!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
Here is the bottom line.. Tech is 7-2, but they drop their last 3. I think they’ll win their bowl game though… 8-5
Dawgs are 7-2, will win out and win their bowl to finish 11-2.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
Hey, didn’t Tech almost lose to Garner Webb?
By Schedule?
November 6, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
Keep bringing up Gardner Webb morons. You played a D2 school as well. They’re called the Georgia Southern Eagles. And you gave up 21 points to them and a ton of yards. And I don’t care if you had your 4th string in either. We were on our 4th string QB for that full Gardner Webb game. 2 more words for you Dawg fans on your grueling schedule….CENTRAL…MICHIGAN!
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 6, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
Greg, You are correct. In this day and time of college football, a win is a win no matter how you get it and no matter who it is against. It shows up as a W. You do need “style” points when you reach the top of the BCS. Hopefully you earn the style points, not give them up like we did against Bama and UF.
David, you ever watch the Yale-Harvard game and listen to those interviews? Kinda of freaky to see such well spoken players in a football uniform.
By fortebuna
November 6, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
By dbc
November 6, 2008 9:09 AM
I’m a Dawg fan and I hate to say it but I will. UGA’s schedule is not the gauntlet that it first appeared before the season. The only two teams that turned out to be any good made the Dawgs pee their pants on National TV. I truly believe if Tech played UGA’s schedule, they’d still be 7-2 and would have lost to the same teams we did.
Sad but true.
I believe what you say to be true the only thing I could or would disagree with you but unsaid is that Tech would not have suffered the blow outs that UGa did
By BellamyUGADawg
November 6, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
Would you rather be 7-2 in one of the worst BCS conferences or 7-2 in on of the best conferences? Would you rather be ranked 13th or 20th? Would you rather play infront of 100k people or 40k people? Would you rather be relevant in BSC championship talk or ACC Championship talk? Congrats to Techies on having a good season by their standard, and yes, we have not had a great season. But please don’t act for a minute that UGA fans would trade any of our seasons for GT’s. See you guys Nov. 29, we will be ready for your “perfect option” braahahahahahahahah!!!!!!
By Scoots
November 6, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this
What does a UGA student call a GT student? Nerd.
What does a UGA graduate call a GT graduate? Boss
A UGA fan’s life revolves around football, even in the offseason. Georgia Tech likes its football, but we don’t live and die by it - we actually have other things to live for.
So when UGA is picked number 1 preseason, and they get slaughtered twice, and their fans cry and have to resort to comparing their schedule with Tech’s as an excuse to live, it’s funny, but it’s also sad and pathetic. And that’s why Tech is having a better season.
And because we might very well have something to play for on Nov. 29th, and you won’t, unless you’re fired up about being in the Meineike Auto Parts Bowl. Sick ‘em, puppies!
By Stephen
November 6, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this
79 wins out of 100 and two SEC titles. I hope CMR can right this ship. Good for Tech, you needed to get much better. I still think we make it 8 in a row. Ouch!
By 80's futball
November 6, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this
I’d like to point out something. All I’m hearing from UGA fans is how the ACC doesn’t have anyone in the Top 10/Top 25 compared to the SEC. The ACC is so weak and doesn’t have a dominant team and on and on.
It’s a fact that right now the ACC is beating up on each other. But this is happening in the SEC (UF over UGA) the Big XII (T Tech over UT). Isn’t that what conference play is all about?
There is currently a bias against the ACC for conference losses. If you are a ranked team in the ACC and get beat you’ll drop on average more slots then a teams in other conferences.
Let’s face it, the ACC isn’t getting any love from the polls compared to other conferences. These are the same pollsters that ranked UGA preseason # 1. They didn’t get that right and now they are not getting the rankings right for the ACC.
By Mike
November 6, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
Hey Tech fans, your lowly ACC conference is down there with the Mountain West this year, you are lucky if you are the 5th best conference in the country. When was the last ACC national champion? I believe it was 1999 in FSU. (Sorry Miami was not ACC in 2001) The Truth is in the past 10 years the SEC has had 4 BCS Champs. Also don’t give me this national championship 18 years ago crap, I believe that was a tie and Colorado played a 10X harder schedule than you even with a 5th down! UGA 27 Tech 17
By Berry Walton
November 6, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
In terms of expectations, GT has had the better season thus far. Time will eventaully tell however.
By DYB
November 6, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
General Rantings… 1) As for the smack talking, it’s like when UGA plays UF…better to talk before the game because you probably will not have a chance after the game.
2) Tech will probably lose in Athens…again. But the toughness of ones schedule is determined after the season, not before.
3) Fact: The SEC will not have enough teams to satisfy their bowl slots. 4) Expectations are a beotch. Tech has overachieved, UGA has underachieved. No brainer.
5) Stop trying to fire your coaches for a few poor performances. Richt’s only failure is discipline…119th in penalties.
6) If I were a UGA fan, I’d be hoping against hope that UT hires Jim Donnan. 7) Injuries are part of the game. Tech is 4-0 without starting QB. Is QB more or less important than OL? Will find out Saturday. 8) Tech is a few turnovers away from undefeated, but also a few turnovers away from p** (GW, Clempsun, FSU). 9) Tech 19, UGA 17 (Ok, I changed my mind…see #1 above).
By Seriously?
November 6, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this
This can be summed up very easily - Look at who Tech is playing the ACC and look who Georgia is playing the SEC. Georgia lost to top 10 teams, Tech lost to unranked teams. How are these two losses comparible? I thought Techies were supposed to be the smart ones. Bradley, you failed to compare Georgia’s offense to Tech’s. These team are not even on the same playing field.
By Brymacmd
November 6, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
The SEC speaks for itself. ‘Nough said!
By Rsroon
November 6, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
You must be kidding. Tech’s record against an ACC that is way off this year is better than UGA’s against the toughest schedule in the nation? If we win out as expected and go 10-2 into the bowl game that is still huge year, especially after losing our best defensive and offensive linemen for the whole year. This whole attitude that the world is coming to an end because we lost to two teams that will be battling to see who is national champion baffles me. It is what we had hoped for, but we still have a lot to play for.
By Seriously?
November 6, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
This can be summed up very easily - Look at who Tech is playing the ACC and look who Georgia is playing the SEC. Georgia lost to top 10 teams, Tech lost to unranked teams. How are these two losses comparible? I thought Techies were supposed to be the smart ones. Bradley, you failed to compare Georgia’s offense to Tech’s. These team are not even on the same playing field.
By Brymacmd
November 6, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
The SEC speaks for itself. ‘Nough said!
By Brymacmd
November 6, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
The SEC speaks for itself. ‘Nough said!
By Brymacmd
November 6, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
The SEC speaks for itself. ‘Nough said!
By Brymacmd
November 6, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
The SEC speaks for itself. ‘Nough said!
By Seriously?
November 6, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
This can be summed up very easily - Look at who Tech is playing the ACC and look who Georgia is playing the SEC. Georgia lost to top 10 teams, Tech lost to unranked teams. How are these two losses comparible? I thought Techies were supposed to be the smart ones. Bradley, you failed to compare Georgia’s offense to Tech’s. These team are not even on the same playing field.
By Mike
November 6, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Hey Tech fans, your lowly ACC conference is down there with the Mountain West this year, you are lucky if you are the 5th best conference in the country. When was the last ACC national champion? I believe it was 1999 in FSU. (Sorry Miami was not ACC in 2001) The Truth is in the past 10 years the SEC has had 4 BCS Champs. Also don’t give me this national championship 18 years ago crap, I believe that was a tie and Colorado played a 10X harder schedule than you even with a 5th down! UGA 27 Tech 17
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
So far the ACC and the SEC are tied at one in the key category of coaches run off during the season. But Auburn could put the SEC ahead any day.
By NVAJacketsfan
November 6, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
Call me crazy, but I would rather have the 7-2 record that has me ranked 13th in the BCS than the one that has me ranked 20th. Mark’s view is very accurate as far as how it looks for your team going forward, but right now, for this season, UGAg’s record is still a little better.
Now if both win out leading into Clean Old Fashioned Hate, you should see those rankings become significantly more similar. IF Tech wins in Athens the Jackets have had a hell of a lot better season than UGAg.
By DawgSpanky!
November 6, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
The bottom line is Tech is having a much better season based on preseason expectations. As usual, UGAy choked its way through a season, which was supposed to be its best since Crazy Herschel was paid to play. Its abysmal season is exemplified by games in which Bama and UF severely beatdown Trailer Trash U. Conversely, not much was expected from Tech under Paul Johnson’s first season at the helm. Instead, Tech has adapted to Johnson’s system much sooner than expected and its future is bright. The doggies, on the other hand, will never be one of the big boys in college football. And its frustrated legion of ‘necks are on this blog, once again, making fools of themselves.
By Scoots
November 6, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this
WTF - looks like you have a lot of time on your hands today. Slow day on the pickle farm?
By Jacketnation
November 6, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this
richt is a great coach and a good man,who takes his team to a major bowl every year. problem at UGA is they have a LOT of problems with Athletes. I personally talked to the cab driver who drives a drunken Matt Stafford home every Friday or Saturday night. At least he is smart enough to call a cab. You have a HUGE drinking problem in Athens; which is like a little New Orleans. Tech has no where close to the problems with drinking by ball players that UGA has. Alcohol + Athlete = underachievement. Tech players all have to take Calcalus for two terms. UGA? Ah well no not if you play ball.
By dawgs24/7
November 6, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
If Johnson was the head coach at Georgia I would blow my brains out having to watch a high school offense week after week..option after option… here is something to think about you idiots holding up the ACC as if it is a real conference…wanna know Mark Richt’s record against ACC opponents…11 and 0…and it will be 12 and 0 in 4 weeks. The question is “Who is more pleased with their season” of course its Tech fans…because winning 7 or 8 games a year is above their pathetic expectations. I have a feeling they will be less pleased after UNC beats them Saturday…thats right North Carolina…another ACC basketball school
By GATORZONE
November 6, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this
Hey Italiandawg, Perhaps you can introduce Tech to real smashmouth football and run all over them just like you did Florida. Eh?
You should not talk with so much confidence about a team with NO heart!
By Jacketnation
November 6, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this
richt is a great coach and a good man,who takes his team to a major bowl every year. problem at UGA is they have a LOT of problems with Athletes. I personally talked to the cab driver who drives a drunken Matt Stafford home every Friday or Saturday night. At least he is smart enough to call a cab. You have a HUGE drinking problem in Athens; which is like a little New Orleans. Tech has no where close to the problems with drinking by ball players that UGA has. Alcohol + Athlete = underachievement. Tech players all have to take Calcalus for two terms. UGA? Ah well no not if you play ball.
By Tom Becker
November 6, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this
If Georgia is ranked 13th in the polls, then the pollsRanass.
Until very late in the Florida game, the score was Florida: 7 whole touch’s, the Bulldogs, ZIP!
Field goals are for hockey moms.
I refuse to allow Richt or anyone else to destroy the fighting spirit of a good bulldog.
We cant stand for this. If Obama changes nothing else, let him work to rid ourselves of Richt.
They say the GOP needs to redefine what is is, forget that, the poll rankers need to redefine what football is if they think Georgia is #13.
You cant lose that bad and still have credibility as a football team. Reality. Planet earth.
By JRob
November 6, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this
GO JACKETS!!! All I can see is… UG-Gay
By JimC
November 6, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this
Note to Statham Dawg: At least the players at the Nerd School don’t have criminal records and end up as a fry cook at the Waffle House, which by the way is owned by a Tech grad. :-)
And Tech alums don’t live or die by what happens on Saturday afternoons, they have real, productive lives. :-) :-) :-)
By JRob
November 6, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
GO JACKETS!!! All I can see is… UG-Gay
By James H
November 6, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
Who has Tech Played….I’ll answer while you wait. Anybody heard of MISSISSPI STATE? Tech won 38 - 7 who was it that beat FLA? And the pups lost to FLA, by how much? TECH has been a bit inconsistent, but that’s a risk that is always there in this offense. No mistakes and with a good defense it’s hard to beat. I won’t guarantee victory in Athens. But I will GAURANTEE this, TECH won’t lose 49 to 10 to you or anybody this year!!
By Gary
November 6, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this
I’m not sure how lower expectations plus lower level of competition translates into a better season for the gnats than the dawgs. Come November 29th, there’ll be no doubt who has the better team. Sorry Tech, it ain’t you.
By Supes
November 6, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
It’s going to be 8 in a row this year…Nov 29th! MARK, make sure you show up and tell us who had the better season when UGA runs the table and goes to 10-2 with a win over GT.
How about you wait until all the games have been played and then write this article? Unreal. No actually, typical AJC…jump the gun on everything!
By David Johansen
November 6, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
NERDS talking smack? If you take those vacated wins for NCAA cheating away (Lil Joe being ineligible amongst others), the Dawgs have about 20+ yrs of wins on you QUEERS.
By Shammy McDiddlebottom
November 6, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
Georgia Tech is known for academics as well as (not only for) athletics. Our school is approximately 1/3 the size of yours (I did that math in my head, idiots) with way less majors than your doo-doo pot of a university and we are consistently ranked way higher as an institute of higher education. How you like us now?
Every year, UGA has another “amazing” recruiting class while GT gets kids that are either underrated or actually care about their education. Still, you dirty jort wearers cannot get to a national championship. I completely understand why UGA gets better recruits.
Scenario: Recruit X walks onto UGA campus, sees 90K+ people cheering, gets lead around by extremely hot co-eds, is fed insatiable amounts of alcohol and drugs, is worshipped by everyone he sees, and is given a happy ending by the hot co-ed. Recruit X then walks onto GT campus, sees maybe 45K+ people cheering, sees students walking INTO their dorms (for what he finds out later was a World of Warcraft tournament), gets led around by mediocre co-eds, is fed insatiable amounts of alcohol, is worshipped by the 25% of the student body who knows what football is, and is then tutored in Calculus by the mediocre co-eds. It’s hard not to pick UGA as a horny 18 or 19 year old.
In closing, I (and the rest of the world) are sick of UGA talking about “next year”. You guys are overrated and make nothing happen with your endless talent. We have lower ranked recruits and actually develop players. For examplae, UGA’s second string OL probably outweighs our first string OL by about 50 lbs on average, but we manage to get things done. The Paul Johnson era will bring back the glory that has been forgotten in the house Bobby Dodd (actually, when originally built in 1913 it was constructed by members of the Georgia Tech student body) built.
UGA students and alum: Don’t ever forget that we are all smarter and will always make more money than you. Go cry in the corner after you snort your next line of cocaine.
BOOYAH, son!
By gtg
November 6, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
Mark, while your column was good, these comments seem to be where the real entertainment is!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Hey, didn’t Tech almost lost to Garner Webb? I think Shorter College beat them didn’t they?
By GATORZONE
November 6, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
James H, Florida lost to Ole Miss, not Miss st.
By CW
November 6, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this
I think WTF? is giving a bit more credit to the SEC teams than they deserve.
To suggest that Tech would lose to teams like LSU, Auburn and Kentucky outright is crazy based on some existing head-to-head results. Tech whipped Mississippi State like a red-headed step child 38-0. LSU gave up 24 points to MS State in their win and Auburn could only generate one FG for a 3-2 win over Sylvester Croom. Tech destroyed a Duke team that beat Vandy. I agree that Tech wouldn’t likely beat either Alabama or Florida, but our defense wouldn’t have been run out of the stadium either.
No question that the SEC is very strong at the top of the league, but those who suggest that the ACC is a mediocre conference are basing their opinion on the media expectation that Clemson was going to be the class of the conference. Rank teams from both conferences 1-12 and have them play head-to-head. SEC might win the top two, but the next 10 would all be very close games and I’d bet the ACC would split 6-6 or even win 7.
By macrotech
November 6, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this
no brainer! MUCH rather be in tech’s shoes! uga is an ‘o’ line away from undefeated and are MOST disappointed with the outcome of this season. Tech has superceded their expectations and what many would say, their possibilities! GO TECH!!!!
By 80's futball
November 6, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
Hey Mike..go check the Tech trophy case it has a Waterford Crystal Football. It was awarded to the Football team for the 1990 national championship. Colorado’s trophy case doesn’t have one.
Yeap that’s the same Waterford Crystal Football the BCS awards today to the top team in the nation. But you wouldn’t know that b/c UGA hasn’t been there since 1980 and you want be there this year.
By Oasis
November 6, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
What’s really telling is to compare the budgets of the two schools athletic associations. UGA’s budget is twice that of GTs. But the product on the field is not 2x better than GT’s. Would seem that GT is doing a lot more with less.
By Red and Gold Fan
November 6, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
What? Great comments! Of course we need non-Tech graduates to attend games; you are completely right and who cares were or if they went to school. The fact is some of Tech’s fan arrogance regarding the academic thing turns off the “Joe the plumber fan. We need those fans to attend every home game.
Tech would have a worse record in the SEC - probably 6-3 maybe 5-4. Tech played Gardner Webb with 3rd string QB not at all suited to the option. What would UGA have done with 2nd or 3rd string QB in the Georgia Southern game? I’m pretty sure they would have lost.
Oh BTW I went to both schools and graduated from Tech in 1978. I was one of the few people ever up to that time to transfer from UGA to Tech and graduate from Tech. My life has forever been changed for the better by that decision.
I pull for both teams any game other than the UGA game. I’m embarrassed by the “trailer trash / morons” talk from the tech fans as well as the obnoxious UGA fans’ comments.
Two observations: UGA is soft. You see at running back and on defense. They are a finesse football team in a very physical league and they very much reflect their head coach. Rich will have to change coordinators to toughen up the players – he really doesn’t have the temperament to do it by himself.
Tech very may well lose the next 3 games – but under P Johnson they will beat UGA soon. Check out the recruits over the last week. Six Months ago no one thought PJ would recruit as well as Gailey.
By st simons
November 6, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this
Duke beat Vandy!!!!! what a joke sec is
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this
James H -
Floriduh lost to Mississippi, aka - Ole Miss
Not to be confused with Mississippi State…
Silly Jack it fans.
By Dawg1
November 6, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
Well, I see you guys bit…
When Bradley is out of ideas he just simply takes a swipe at Georgia and pits them up against one of their rivals.
The rivals come out and take shots and you guys jump in.
Blogs are considered successful based on the number of responses.
He gets a nice rating for the day and plays a round of golf with a smile on his face.
Great work if you can get it…
By Burning Red
November 6, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
GET REAL TECH!!! You leave the football to us, and you guys keep your nose in the books, the reality is after that game in athens, we are just going to go up on ya’ll another game in the series. TRIPLE OPTION, PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. GO DAWGS the real University of Georgia. NERDS!
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
good point JimC how many times have you eaten there?
Never, yea right.
By Red and Gold Fan
November 6, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
What? Great comments! Of course we need non-Tech graduates to attend games; you are completely right and who cares were or if they went to school. The fact is some of Tech’s fan arrogance regarding the academic thing turns off the “Joe the plumber fan. We need those fans to attend every home game.
Tech would have a worse record in the SEC - probably 6-3 maybe 5-4. Tech played Gardner Webb with 3rd string QB not at all suited to the option. What would UGA have done with 2nd or 3rd string QB in the Georgia Southern game? I’m pretty sure they would have lost.
Oh BTW I went to both schools and graduated from Tech in 1978. I was one of the few people ever up to that time to transfer from UGA to Tech and graduate from Tech. My life has forever been changed for the better by that decision.
I pull for both teams any game other than the UGA game. I’m embarrassed by the “trailer trash / morons” talk from the tech fans as well as the obnoxious UGA fans’ comments.
Two observations: UGA is soft. You see at running back and on defense. They are a finesse football team in a very physical league and they very much reflect their head coach. Rich will have to change coordinators to toughen up the players – he really doesn’t have the temperament to do it by himself.
Tech very may well lose the next 3 games – but under P Johnson they will beat UGA soon. Check out the recruits over the last week. Six Months ago no one thought PJ would recruit as well as Gailey.
By Red and Gold Fan
November 6, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
What? Great comments! Of course we need non-Tech graduates to attend games; you are completely right and who cares were or if they went to school. The fact is some of Tech’s fan arrogance regarding the academic thing turns off the “Joe the plumber fan. We need those fans to attend every home game.
Tech would have a worse record in the SEC - probably 6-3 maybe 5-4. Tech played Gardner Webb with 3rd string QB not at all suited to the option. What would UGA have done with 2nd or 3rd string QB in the Georgia Southern game? I’m pretty sure they would have lost.
Oh BTW I went to both schools and graduated from Tech in 1978. I was one of the few people ever up to that time to transfer from UGA to Tech and graduate from Tech. My life has forever been changed for the better by that decision.
I pull for both teams any game other than the UGA game. I’m embarrassed by the “trailer trash / morons” talk from the tech fans as well as the obnoxious UGA fans’ comments.
Two observations: UGA is soft. You see at running back and on defense. They are a finesse football team in a very physical league and they very much reflect their head coach. Rich will have to change coordinators to toughen up the players – he really doesn’t have the temperament to do it by himself.
Tech very may well lose the next 3 games – but under P Johnson they will beat UGA soon. Check out the recruits over the last week. Six Months ago no one thought PJ would recruit as well as Gailey.
By Football Fan
November 6, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
I am not a Tech or UGA fan but I think the hardware should do the talking.
My stats have Tech with twice as many National Championships as UGA. However, I do have UGA with a 12-5 lead in SEC titles. We all can decide which is more important.
By fleming
November 6, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
WTF maybe you should look at the class status of Tech’s line before you use the young line comparison as an excuse. Last I heard the only upperclassman playing on the Tech line was Gardner and he’s gone for the season.
By GATORZONE
November 6, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
WTF, again no need for the poster, just look at the 2 National Championships in Football, and then the 2 in Basketball…. Both in the last 12 years.
HAHAHA
At least you have Gymnastics
By Expectations
November 6, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
1 ranked team should play for the NC or at least for the SEC title. Question answered.By George P. Burdell
November 6, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
Mark:
You can keep trying to point out to some of the UGA fans the question, but you are not going to have any luck. Logic and UGA fan are not three words that often converge on the same sentence.
I would revise your question to “7-2 with the two losses being blowouts to UA and UF” compared to “7-2 and I don’t care who the 7 are or the 2 are?”.
Bottom line is this year has been nothing but gravy for most Tech fans and the real excitement is in looking forward to what may be. As is always the case with any program, Tech will not always live up to those expectations. The difference is most Tech fans will recognize that, look forward to the next chance, and realize that is is after all just a game and should not be the defining point of their existence.
It is impossible to respect some of these UGA fans because their so darn hardheaded. I fully expect a UGA fan to think UGA is the absolute greatest school etc. and I promise you I feel the exact same way about Tech. The difference is as disappointing as a loss may be, the sun still comes up the next day and there are plenty of other reasons to live for. With some of these UGA posters, you have to wonder how empty and hollow there life must be that they have to live vicariously through a bunch of 18 to 22 year olds that they wouldn’t even have a conversation with if it weren’t for their association with the Dawgs. It makes me want to sit down and slap some sense into them, but in the end all you can really do is feel sorry for them.
I’m sure most UGA fans are already looking forward to 2009 as are Tech fans. If UGA goes on to win it all, is your life really going to change that much? Are you suddenly going to be able to carry on an intelligent conversation and actually discuss points without having to resort to barking and pounding back 20 Natural Lights? No, just like you won’t be able to when you get beaten by UF or UA or whoever next years heartbreaker will be.
As far as the question Bradley posed, it is not even a question that really needs to be answered unless you drunk so much of the UGA Kool-Aid that you are having hallucinations. Lets ask the same question next year when Tech will have higher aspirations and have a meaningful discussion then. Fat chance of that ever happening, but I can always set my expectations higher and then make myself feel better by calling all UGA fans a bunch of leg humpers, rednecks, etc. Wow, I feel better already and that has improved my life.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
Wait wait!!!!
James H “gAUrantees” a win in Athens.
But then again, what the hell do I know. I’m just a dumb redneck Dawg fan.
But I swear, in the 5th grade they taught me it was guarantee. Maybe I’m wrong..
By J
November 6, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this
Tech has the last National championship between the 2 so win one then talk smack u lousy dawg fans
By trophies
November 6, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this
Football fan-
You’re right about the SEC titles but Tech and Georgia were tied with 5 titles each when Tech left the SEC so that point isn’t really relevant.
By 80's futball
November 6, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
BTW UF loss to Ole Miss and Ole Miss loss to Wake. I think someone got the Miss schools switched-up.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
This is exactly my point Fleming…. At least you’ve had an upperclassman for the Majority of the year. What position did he play? Was it left tackle? You’ll know what I’m talking about Saturday evening.
UNC big!
By theedge
November 6, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
The non-conf record of the SEC is 30-6 and the ACC is 31-10. Not so far off. The notion one is a terrible conference compared to the other is a fallacy. In head to head matchups the SEC vs ACC is 3-3 for this year. Don’t buy the hype!
By The Big Bug
November 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
If Tech had Ga’s Schedule of cupcakes they would be undefeated.I’d Rather be a nerd from North Ave. than a hick from the sticks anyday.
By Tommy Cheeseballs
November 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
Gotta be honest Tech is having a better year in respect to expectations. BUt lets be real, please come to athens and beat us before you start your mantra of how you will beat UGA. And please tech fans let me know how much more money you will make than me when you graduate and become a non social engineer. Im in sales, im sure pretty competetive salary and I know how to speak to human beings to make my moolah.
WHoops went off on a tangent there, just come and win between the hedges tech and you will get your respect so you can finally wipe that chip off your shoulder.
By Chief Nokahoma
November 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
The Dogs have had 14 players arrested this year and 7 wins. At this pace can they afford to win 10 games?
By 1eyedJack
November 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
Should both the DAWGs and the gnats end up with the same record I’ll bet the DAWGS still get the better bowl if the selection committee has any choice. The bugs can’t even sell out their own rinky dink stadium. No bowl committee wants to be stuck holding a bunch of unsold tickets.
Go DAWGS!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
George, I want you to come slap some sense into me……
It would result in the same situation that always happens when a Techie messes with a Bulldawg, just another a* whoopin.
By jabster
November 6, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this
WTF:
I’ll agree with losing to Bama and Florida, and we can talk all day about LSU and SC (I wouldn’t call them automatic L’s), but how in the HELL do you have Tech losing to Auburn and Kentucky? WTF indeed.
We beat Auburn twice…when they were actually good…with Chan Gailey…and Reggie Ball.
Also keep in mind that Auburn barely beat Missy State with a walk-off home run, while we blew Missy State out of the stadium.
By Football Fan
November 6, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Good point trophies… It is easy to forget that Tech left the SEC to pursue a Notre Dame-ish era of Independence. Could have been plenty more SEC Titles for them in the last 50 years.
I expect a good game in Athens this year between the two.
By Jaded Jacket
November 6, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
I always suspected UGAy folks couldn’t read and these responses confirm my suspicion. If you morons read the article again you will notice there’s no mention of schedules, which team or conference is best.
By JimC
November 6, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this
Note to Brymacmd: We heard you the first time. Are you so insecure that you have to keep screaming it?
Get a life. And a job.
By mgdawg
November 6, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this
I’m a Dawg fan who can admit that there is no doubt that Tech has had a better season so far than Georgia. It’s all about expectations, and Tech has exceeded theirs while Georgia has fallen short. Tech should feel great about where they are this early in the Johnson era, and feel better about the future. Georgia needs to regroup, try to retain the underclassmen, recover from some injuries and come back next year with an attitude that anything other than an SEC championship means failure.
That said, I’m sure Georgia will beat Tech later this month, but I don’t think there is any doubt that Tech will win the rivalry game pretty soon if Johnson continues to build the program the way he has. Also, he should win coach of the year for winning with this team _ which wasn’t the best fit for his style of coaching. Somehow, he made it work.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this
Hell, I figured while I was giving them that many losses might as well throw in two more…. =P
By fleming
November 6, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
WTF. Last time I counted there were 5 offensive line players - 6 if you count the Tight End UGA uses. Sure Gardner is good and will get drafted in the NFL draft but even he can’t block the whole defensive line. The point about him being a left tackle is a moot point since Tech doesn’t throw the ball much but runs to both sides of the line. Also yuo may want to take into consideration that Gardner has been hurt all year and not capable of playing up to his capabilities. No WTF, you may have some other valid points but young offensive line isn’t one of them.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
Hey, didn’t Tech almost lose to Garner Webb?
By Joe the Georgia Fan
November 6, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this
I think Georgia Tech has won the AJC’s Midseason Blog Championship for the past 2 or 3 years in a row now. We see a column like this every single year about this time comparing the two teams seasons. And for the past 2 or 3 years, the AJC has proclaimed that Tech has had the more impressive season. This dates back all the way to 2005 when Terrance Moore declared that the ACC had surpassed the SEC in football supremacy and that Tech would beat Georgia. Good call Terrance!!!
The AJC is just a typical media hype machine trying to stir the pot. They are damn good at it too. I’ll give them that.
By Chris
November 6, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
Dawg fans, we get you are disappointed on your season of mediocrity. We had a coach that was mediocre and went 7-5 every year with average talent. You go 9-3 every year with a coach that has incredible talent.
Mark Richt is Chan Gailey with 4 and 5 star recruits.
GT might not win this year, but the fact taht UGA fans are getting all defensive shows their inferiority complex and concern over the direction GT is moving.
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
Burning Red, leave the football to you? You and your fleabags are the laughing stock of the Nation.
…can I see on ESPN Noshow Moreno hurdle that no-name defender on that no-name team? Maybe you have Blacked out everything. Good luck in KY. May I suggest if you score a TD, have the team celebrate, they deserve it.
Keep laughing, the jokes on you!!!!!
By Chris
November 6, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
Dawg fans, we get you are disappointed on your season of mediocrity. We had a coach that was mediocre and went 7-5 every year with average talent. You go 9-3 every year with a coach that has incredible talent.
Mark Richt is Chan Gailey with 4 and 5 star recruits.
GT might not win this year, but the fact taht UGA fans are getting all defensive shows their inferiority complex and concern over the direction GT is moving.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
Fleming - If you think having inexperienced linemen in football is not a valid point you must not know much about the game of football period.
If your line (either side of the ball) doesn’t have any experience it makes it hard to win at any level in this game, from Jr. PeeWee’s to the NFL.
I am open to criticism, so anyone that would like to dispute this statement I am open to debate….
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this
Chris,
Do you remember when CMR coached in the ACC?
Wasn’t that when FSU dominated everyone with the exception of the occasional Miami?
By White and Gold
November 6, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
Statham Dawg:
I really doubt that being a Nerd from the North Avenue Trade School is a bad thing. This nerd is incredibly successful, and people that graduate from Tech do so with absolute certainty that they will have a great job. Also, the claim that the Athletic dept is “begging people to show up” could not be more false. I can see that you possibly went to UGA, which is evident in your argument that is not backed by any facts at all.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
But for now I am going to lunch.. You little Techies go check some stats and see what programs have succeeded in football with young linemen.
Try wiki.org
While you’re surfing, go to wikihow.com and type in “How can Georgia Tech beat UGA at football” and see if it comes up with any answers for you.
By GATORZONE
November 6, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
Ramble on, good one!!!
By JimC
November 6, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
One day a fellow decided he wanted to be a Polack. He went to the only surgeon in the world who could perform the delicate brain surgery that would make him a Polack. The surgery involved removing 99.9% of the brain tissue.
In the recovery room after the surgery, the surgeon apologized to the man for screwing up the operation. “Sir, I’m really sorry about this, but I flinched at the end and removed the last little bit of your brain. Now you have no brain at all, and frankly, I don’t know what you’ll be like now”
The dazed man looked up at the doctor for a while, then came to life and hollered “HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!!!
It’s a true story. He he he.
By Facts
November 6, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
SEC average rank for ALL 12 teams (per CBS 120 which has AL 1, UF 4, uga 13, lsu 16, usce 38, uk 39, vandy 46, Miss 47, ark 52, aub 60, UT 61, MsSt 72) 37.4
ACC average rank for all 12 teams (UNC 18, GT 20, Maryland 21, FSU 23, Miami 32, VT 36, WF 37, UVA 41, BC 48, Clem 50, Duke 67, NCST 81) 39.5
By UGA Grad
November 6, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
UGA will whoop up on Tech. Oops gotta go- its time for my shift at the Waffle House!!!
By 1990_National_Champions
November 6, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
Hey BURNING RED I read your post and thought about how hard you had to work to come with that. Well done! I just figured out your handle, Burning Red: it’s the color of your pee due to the venereal disease you’ve contracted from your sister, mother,grandmother,aunts, and any other female in your family. When you pee, it burns and it’s red due to the blood discharge. Get to a doctor ASAP. Otherwise, you’d die, and that would be a loss for your STD-ridden kinfolk.
By White and Gold
November 6, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
I don’t think anyone is saying Tech is a better program. The point is that if you’re preseason #1, you are not supposed to get your arse handed to you twice. The only decent team you’ve beated is LSU, who is overrated and won’t end the year ranked. The clown that suggested Tech should only be 6-2 because one was against a I-AA team should look back at UGA’s monster season opener against Ga Southern…I-AA team also…
The point is that UGA has been embarrassed while Tech has exceeded expectations…if you can’t admit it you’re just as ignorant as the nation thinks you are.
By UGA Grad
November 6, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
UGA will whoop up on Tech. Oops gotta go- its time for my shift at the Waffle House!!!
By David
November 6, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
To Mark Bradley,
Dude, stop trying to explain to the dawg fans the difference between better teams and better seasons. You might as well be discussing quantum mechanics vs newtonian physics. It only serves to confuse them and subsequently slows down the fast food business across the state.
By theedge
November 6, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
The stats don’t lie if the SEC is so dominant why are they only 3-3 vs the ACC this year?
By DYB
November 6, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
WTF: he’s not disputing that an experienced O-line is important…he’s disputing that UGA is any younger than Tech. UVA showed Tech what a big, experienced O-line can do. The bottom line is UGA can (should be able to) go 3 deep at every position because of recruiting. Tech will have a TE playing RT and a true freshman playing LT on Saturday and will still run the ball. It’s easier to teach young lineman how to run block. If Bobo knew that, he’d give KM the ball 30 times a game and when he tried to take himself out, Richt would kick him in the pants and tell him to suck it up. Pass blocking becomes a lot easier when the DL are trying to stop the run (play action). That’s football. Instead, Bobo the clown is living vicariously through a potential top 10 pick and wanting to throw it all over the field because 66 and 88 yard TD runs right up the gut are boring…yeah, right.
By fleming
November 6, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
You made my point WTF. TECH doesn’t have experience on both sides of the line. They have 1 - count em thats 1 - upperclass lineman in their entire line and the only one with experience has been hurting all year ( How many does UGA start). Another food for thought - Out of 22 starting offense and defense players, Tech only has 6 -yeah that’s 6 - upperclassmen playing. If you want to go 2 deep then you will find 8 - yeah 8 total playing. Last week against FSU they started 2 freshmen and one soph in the defensive backfield and brought a third freshman in for nickel purposes and a fourth in dime coverage
By UGA Grad
November 6, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
UGA will whoop up on Tech. Oops gotta go- its time for my shift at the Waffle House!!!
By jeff
November 6, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
You know its funny a lot of GA TECH fans are giving UGA fans a lot of mouth but half of them can’t spell, makes you wonder if they are jealous because they couldn’t get in to the GEEK SQUAD organization, at least UGA fans have a better record the last what..oh say…. 15-20 years, just remember records speak for themselves, not a good season here and there.
By grammar police
November 6, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
Shouldn’t it be “who’s” season is better?
By bama12 titles
November 6, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
Mark, While I am partial to UGA because they are an SEC brother I think most objective people would say TECH is having a much better season at 7-2. The reasons are obvious and the biggest reason is expectations and confidence.
UGA expected to be playing for a national title when they are pretty much out of the division race barring a miracle. Tech is in the middle of their division race and hence competeing even for a possible conference title.
UGA’s 2 losses were embarrassing blowouts and unfortunately were witnessed by a national tv audience. Tech lost 2 close games that could have gone either way.
Lastly, Tech fans have got to be ecstatic over Paul Johnson’s first season. Brand new system that people were leary of and here they are having immediate success. The writing is on the wall. Tech will be successful under Johnson and the current recruiting windfall will make Tech even better in years to come. Congrats to the Techsters.
UGA is a victim of its own success. Expectations are now out of whack and after the recent beatdown by UF people are calling for CMR’s coordinators heads and some people are calling for his head.
If CMR loses the next 2 to the gators to drop to 2-8(20%) against UGA’s biggest rival then he is either fired or his seat is boiling hot at 400 degrees. Its a shame.
But if Fulmer can be fired a year after winning the division and Tubberville probably gets canned after having his first losing season in eons then CMR will be in serious trouble in 1 to 2 years.
Don’t think it can’t happen? Think about it. Its a shame that a fine coach like Tubberville is even on the hot seat after whipping Bama 6 in a row. And on top of all that if UGA’s top 2 players Stafford and Moreno go pro early then expectations and confidence really drop at UGA.
This is just a what have you done for me lately world. Bottom line: Tech is on the rise up in both on field success and confidence.
UGA is still a really good program but their 2 bad losses shattered expectations and confidence and are now instilling doubt. CMR’s future job status will be in question not this year but definitely starting next year.
By Jason
November 6, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
I find it funny that you listed all the reasons to point out something as obvious as that. Do you feel like your job is meaningless?
Did it occur to you that Georgia has had key players out all season? If the Dawgs beat us between the hedges then who cares who you’d rather be week 11?
By facts
November 6, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Average ranking for conference opponents for all teams on schedule:
UGA - 33.1 GT - 39.4
UGA preseason ranking 1 GT preseason ranking 80
By gwj
November 6, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this
The WINNER of the UGA-TECH game will have the better season….it’s really pretty simple.
By Mr Wrestling#2
November 6, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
I had never rather be Tech.
By GTman
November 6, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
Except for Bama and Florida, the SEC is a joke. Our easiest game (MS St) came against the SEC - supposedly one of the better SEC defenses. Duke beat Vandy. Wake beat Ole Miss. Tennessee got embarrassed by Cal, Arkansas got embarrassed by Texas, Auburn got embarrassed by West Virginia.
Face it SEC fan, you’ve got two teams and that is it.
Oh yeah, GT WILL beat UGAy.
Later and THWG!
By Josh
November 6, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
Dawg fan Dave,
Actually #3 Uga lost to #8 Alabama and #6 Uga lost to #8 UF! This is called underachieving folks! Win games your supposed to win! and you would have been in the top five in you win either one! You were really never in either game and thats the reality of the situation. DOB is not arguing tech is better he is saying the Dawgs are being the braves and constantly underachieving!
Tech is lucky to have what we have, do any of yall look at rivals and see our recruiting class comparisons? Bottom line is we do better with what we have and you don’t. Tech wouldn’t lose to Ga Southern, Central Michigan, Auburn, Tennessee, Arizona State, or KY, the LSU and SC games would be a toss up and we would probably lose one of them so we would be 6-3 instead of your 7-2! UGA fans can’t stomach that THEY were #1 and are going to make excuses as to why they aren’t even a top ten team anymore! Tech has gone from 80 to 20! Have some respect for a team in your state and quit being so ignorant! Yes you should beat us but your expected to! Anything else would be a terrible season for the Dawgs!
By josh
November 6, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
Dawg fan Dave,
Actually #3 Uga lost to #8 Alabama and #6 Uga lost to #8 UF! This is called underachieving folks! Win games your supposed to win! and you would have been in the top five in you win either one! You were really never in either game and thats the reality of the situation. DOB is not arguing tech is better he is saying the Dawgs are being the braves and constantly underachieving!
Tech is lucky to have what we have, do any of yall look at rivals and see our recruiting class comparisons? Bottom line is we do better with what we have and you don’t. Tech wouldn’t lose to Ga Southern, Central Michigan, Auburn, Tennessee, Arizona State, or KY, the LSU and SC games would be a toss up and we would probably lose one of them so we would be 6-3 instead of your 7-2! UGA fans can’t stomach that THEY were #1 and are going to make excuses as to why they aren’t even a top ten team anymore! Tech has gone from 80 to 20! Have some respect for a team in your state and quit being so ignorant! Yes you should beat us but your expected to! Anything else would be a terrible season for the Dawgs!
By GT
November 6, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this
Lord reality hits Georgia like the morning sunshine hitting a drunk. The problem with winning football is you have to practically keep the team in a cave and feed them raw meat to keep them winning. Georgia gets all this love in the state and goes soft while Tech is like Cinderella washing the floors for the older siblings, treated like the step child and finally a smart guy like CPJ comes along that knows how to feed on that kind of treatment. What was Gailey’s crying towel is CPJ’s steak dinner. Mr. Outside versus the spoiled kid with all the toys. The real gut check will be how long CPJ can keep Tech hungry. At Navy and Georgia Southern it was easy but at Tech all this positive publicity may get to us like it does Georgia, but I am guessing CPJ is too good a coach for that. He has a little of that Steve Spurrier in him where the quarterback never feels secure, and the team is always wondering what is up. All eyes are on the coach and what is written or said about them mean nothing. If they can keep that posture and just worry about playing their best and trust the coach has the rest figured out they will beat Georgia this year, which really doesn’t matter if they don’t. It is like that sheriff in the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy movie, always coming nothing distracts him, and Georgia feels him. They may slip by him this year but they are not going to feel good about it because they will know he is still coming over miles of solid rock, river and 100 degree temperature, eating dust, not sleeping. The only thing that will stop them is getting a little respect from a press and state that has spit in their face or been indifferent for years, which CPJ hopefully will not let happen.
By Keyser Soze
November 6, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
All I know is that Georgia was a* blasted by the two top 5 teams they played. I’d rather win by 3 to Gardner Webb or lose to a Virginia team than face that kind of humiliation.
This was going to be the Dawgs’ year, sorry for you guys it had to end this way. If only your schedule wasn’t so tough. Have fun living in other SEC teams’ shadow.
By White and Gold
November 6, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
UGA will get their shot to prove that they are a good program in Nov. Obviously not #1 in the nation, but a good, top 20 program…
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 6, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
See when we crap out of games like Bama and UF we have to hear it from not only the entire nation but the Tech fans also. Can’t disagree with a lot of those post up there. We got embarrassed in two very important games on national TV. Damn I don’t like doing it but White and Gold and RambleOn! are speaking the truth. The only way to make this season more palatble is to win out and whip Tech in the process. That still won’t shut them up, the last seven years hasn’t but it will work for me. As always I hope Tech wins every game except the last one in November. ONV Johnson is a no nonsense coach who will have his team ready when they come to Athens.
By The Ole Ball Coach
November 6, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this
For all the Dawgs and Fans
Man In The Mirror
When you get all you want and you struggle for self, and the world makes you king for a day, then go to the mirror and look at yourself and see what that man has to say. For it isn’t your mother, your father or wife whose judgment upon you must pass, but the man, whose verdict counts most in your life is the one staring back from the glass. He’s the fellow to please, never mind all the rest. For he’s with you right to the end, and you’ve passed your most difficult test if the man in the glass is your friend. You can fool the whole world, down the highway of years, and take pats on the back as you pass. But your final reward will be heartache and tears if you’ve cheated the man in the glass. “Now Go beat Kentucky”
Written By: Peter “Dale” Winbrow Sr. 1934
By The Ole Ball Coach
November 6, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
For all the Dawgs and Fans
Man In The Mirror
When you get all you want and you struggle for self, and the world makes you king for a day, then go to the mirror and look at yourself and see what that man has to say. For it isn’t your mother, your father or wife whose judgment upon you must pass, but the man, whose verdict counts most in your life is the one staring back from the glass. He’s the fellow to please, never mind all the rest. For he’s with you right to the end, and you’ve passed your most difficult test if the man in the glass is your friend. You can fool the whole world, down the highway of years, and take pats on the back as you pass. But your final reward will be heartache and tears if you’ve cheated the man in the glass. “Now Go beat Kentucky”
Written By: Peter “Dale” Winbrow Sr. 1934
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this
did anyone check the wikihow on Tech beating UGA at football?
Well, maybe not.. But let’s keep hope alive, maybe they’ll start having annual UGA-GT hackie sack competitions.
By SouthBendJacket
November 6, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this
It seems to me that UGA fans are getting a little worried. The reason is because smart UGA fans realize that we were competitive with them in our loses when we had Gailey and Reggie Ball leading the way. These two guys might be the antithesis of leaders and yet they made the games against the “mighty” UGA nation close. Kinda scary that we now have a coach with a winning philosophy and players who have bought into it. I’m not predicting a victory, but it will be interesting!
BTW National Championships: GT 4; UGA 1
By Natism
November 6, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this
You guys like to point out Tech’s poor record with Ugag, which I will admit is true. But it is not like you guys are dominating your other big rivalry. 16-3 is the current Ugag/Florida series. Kind of embarrassing.
Look out for us this November.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this
Wow! We’ve beat UF 16 times in the last 19 meetings? That freakin ROCKS!
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this
Just for the record, I don’t play golf.
By Houdawg
November 6, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this
So what happens when you get thumped in Athens by our poor, underachieving Dawgs ? It just can’t possibly happen can it ? What’ll your excuse be then ?
By TrippDawg
November 6, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this
Tech is the distributor of such monumental loads of delusional crap it’s hard to keep a strait face listening to them. Do they not realize in the constant talk of superiority that they are at least 20 games under .500 against the Dawgs. Your last national title was a shared national title (remember Colorado). Our last national title was all ours.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
to Natism
You guys like to point out Tech’s poor record with Ugag, which I will admit is true. But it is not like you guys are dominating your other big rivalry. 16-3 is the current Ugag/Florida series. Kind of embarrassing.
Look out for us this November.
Dude, Tech isn’t even really a rivalry anymore. I mean, yeah I want the Dawgs to win because it’s GA/GA Tech but to me for it to be a rivalry you have to have a sense that you could possibly lose the game. That just isn’t the case with this ball game anymore.
Has CJP offered bonuses to his assistants if they beat UGA?
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
Bradley - Maybe you should take up the sport?
By Gratfuldawghead
November 6, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
I am very worried about Paul Johnson’s option against Wille “Prevent Defense” Martinez! Martinez needs to talk to DONNAN about what happens to coaches who lose to Tech!
By ppw
November 6, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this
Not everyone wants to be a farmer. That is why the North Ave Trade School is there. Some people need more that a drunk fest each weekend to have a meaningful life. So that rules out the farm school in Athens.
By dh
November 6, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
Here is my opinion about schedule. If a team is supposed to be better than everybody on their schedule, then they should beat them. Hence this argument about who plays a tougher schedule should be tossed out. UGA took care of LSU because they were better than them. UGA lost to both Bama & UF because they were better respectively. Therefore the preseason rankings again prove to mean nothing. Would Tech have the same receord as UGA if they played their schedule. Probably not. However they do not play UGA’s schedule, they play GT’s schedule. My point is you can say a team has a better schedule but if they beat them all it’s only tough if the teams they beat go on to beat everyone else. I could ask would UGA have only two losses this year if they played a Big 12 schedule (at least this year)? Maybe, maybe not. It doesn’t matter because UGA plays their schedule and nobody elses.
From top to bottom UGA has more athletes and better skill players than does Tech, proven for the last seven years. If Tech does beat UGA this year is it because they are better? Maybe not, but this is college football where anything can (and usually does) happen the way it’s not supposed to and it only takes one game where young men make mistakes and that’s when Ole Miss beats UF and Oregon St beats USC.
I hope GT beats UGA, but I am realistic and just because Tech has exceeded expectations doesn’t mean they will go into Athens and leave with a win. However since this is college football, anything can happen. Most importantly Tech needs to worry about UNC and not UGA right now because if they don’t take care of business now, the UGA game will be the least of our worries.
Go Jackets and beat the Heels this weekend.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
LOL! Worried about the Nerds running the ball on UGA?
Don’t worry about that, worry if they start to throw it…..
By PTC DAWG
November 6, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
Is this a JOKE?
Bring on the NERDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Supes
November 6, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this
I love it…TECH Fans commenting that UGA fans are concerned about the “direction” in which Tech is heading? Already conceding the game this year with “you may beat us”, blah blah…trying to soften the blow! I don’t think so. No…you are going to have that cross hanging on you for an entire year yet again. It’s going to be 8 straight. Worry about that!
Tech will most likely lose 1 out of the next 2 conference games they have. Heels are extremely tough at home, Miami is now playing much better and have a young, fast and aggressive defense.
Meanwhile, UGA has KY, and a down and out AU. Then a bye week to get ready for the high school offense that is the “tripple option”.
Should be entertaining for sure!
I’m calling it now, UGA big over Jackets. 8 wins in a row, the inferiroity complex is now fully going to kick in!
How do you like that Tech Fans!
By GoDawgs08
November 6, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
Hold your horses GT fans, you fianlly get some type of press and all of a sudden the fans come out of the wood works talking about being the better team. How can you ever compare the 7-2 GT to THE 7-2 UGA? The two tech loses were to sub par teams VT (5-3) and VA(5-4). Where UGA’s losses are to the arguably best two teams in the nation! No to mention GT has to play FSU, NC and Miami before the dawgs where best case scenario, they come into the final game at a better than mediocre 8-4 but a very possible 7-5. Let’s face it, GT will never regain the GA title as being the best college football team.
By Richmonddawg
November 6, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this
The fact that GA is 7-2 is not what bothers me, I would prefer 8-1 or 9-0, but the way that GA lost their two games. They got humiliated, not once, but twice on national tv. Where both of those teams ranked in the top 5? Yes. But GA is supposed to be a big boy on the national stage and they showed they are at best average. GA Tech lost two games by a combined total of 10 points. GA diddled the bed and lost by a combined total of 50 points. This to me means that GA is not a top tier team as they were projected to be and as such their season is much more disappointing than GA Techs. Regardless of how much they beat GW and FSU by they still won the games.
By Uga living in dreamland
November 6, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this
face the facts tech was in the sec and they won champs in it 2 times
By Chris
November 6, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this
You Tech dorks really are pathetic. I would LOVE to see Tech play UT, UF, AU, and the other SEC schools every year. As pathetic as Tech is already, they would be even worse. You dorks are HAPPY with a 8 or 9 win season. What does that tell you? How sad is it that your athletic department has to BEG people to go to your games? You can’t even fill up your high school stadium!
By jim
November 6, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this
You know getting beat, even badly, but the number one team and the the ESPN pick to win the BCS NCG isn’t going to stop the world from turning or the sun from coming up. The Dawgs sill have the potential to finish 11-2 and get a pretty good Bowl game. They need to stay focused and take care of business. Tech could be a problem as UGA does have a problem defending the run, remember West Virginia. Hopefully Stafford will be back next year. I really don’t see Moreno leaving after this year as running backs don’t make that big of an impact coming out early. As for the Florida game looking at the stats without the score the game could have gone either way. Florida was just plain not going to be denied a victory and it showed. You may not recall but two years ago when we got beat by Florida Meyer put extra backs in to protect Tebow and it worked. Last year we were not to be denied a victory and we won, sacking Tebow 6 times. Southerland and Champus are two of, if not the best two blocking fullbacks in college football. Until we get out O line problems fixed they both need to be in the game protecting Stafford. Besides protecting the quarterback both can block, run, and catch the ball out of the backfield. You know like two triple threats in the game at the same time. Another thing is CMR needs to take a lesson from Spurrier and know when to change quarterbacks. Stafford was hurt and a heavy burden was placed on him to win against Florida. Cox has been in the system long enough that he should have been put in and the team should not miss a beat. What we say here really don’t mean much but it’s just my two cents worth. Looking forward to a good game against Kentucky this week. Hang in there Dawgs, I’ll be pulling for you win lose or draw. PS to all you fans, and I mean fair weather, that emptied the stands long before the game was over, thanks for fueling the national media bashing they love to give us!!!
By Mike
November 6, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this
Mark, you flip flop more than any politician. Yes Tech is having a good year. Yes UGA has been disappointing thus far. However, seven in a row is still standing and number eight is soon to come. The fact that we have an extra week to “prepare” for the nerds is not even fair. It will be ugly.
By Jeff Patton
November 6, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this
ppw…Don’t talk about the farmer with food in your mouth! How about trying to sell your other 11,000 seats at your stadium. Oh relax your stadium will sell out next year when the DAWGS play there! TUCK FECK!
By Willie
November 6, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this
Hey WTF? Nice predictions there, you think Tech would lose to Auburn? Two words, Mississippi State! Tech beat the everliving crap out of the only SEC team they have played this year, Auburn won 3-2. You are a joke, at least do you homework before you go spouting off. Also, didn’t Georgia get out scored by GA Southern in the second half? Kepp yapping about Division 1 AA…Dumba$$
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
Aw… me sowwy Willie, did me stwike a newve wit de wittle tech fan?
By Tech75
November 6, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
DAVID - LOL
I was not aware that fast-food cash registers had Internet Explorer…
By jeff
November 6, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
willie you are talking about Mississippi State, dont compare a team like that to the TRUE SEC teams, come back with something better than that
By Gratfuldawghead
November 6, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
By UGA Grad
November 6, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
UGA will whoop up on Tech. Oops gotta go- its time for my shift at the Waffle House!!!
Don’t laugh but the Waffle House actually pays good money to college grads!
By Willie is a loser
November 6, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
Willie I see you are another Tech moron. I see Tech played Jacksonville State this year. Are they any better then GA Southern? No! Moron! Yea Tech beat Mississippi State this year. Woo hoo! Be proud of that big win! Ha. You dorks also beat Gardner Webb at home by THREE! Yea, Tech is really good.
By bca
November 6, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
No doubt UGA has underperformed…
But come on…
GT has barely held on to beat inferior opponents in an inferior ACC.
Clemson? G Webb?
Not even a question
By Buzzfan1936
November 6, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
Great article Mark. I’d obviously rather be Tech this year. Even if we lose the rest, it has been a great season. A dawg asked “who did you beat?” Well, #15 FSU for one whereas the dawgs lost to 2 ranked teams very badly. We beat SEC Miss State and ACC teams whose combined national ranking is higher than the SEC’s for all teams. The ACC leads all conferences in players drafted by the NFL for the past 3 yrs. including #’s 1, 2, and 3: Matt Ryan, Calvin Johnson, & Mario West. ACC is 3-3 vs. SEC this year. Historically Tech has 6 National Championships: 1990, 1956, 1952, 1951, 1928, and 1917 more than UGA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
YES, MARK, YOU ARE CORRECT!! IT’S BETTER TO BE A YELLOW JACKET THAN A DAWG!!
By Reynold
November 6, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
Just throw Tech in the SEC and see what happens. I’d like to see the Jackets play Alabama and Florida they’d probably get beat too! Tech is good, but the ACC will always be the weaker conference. UGA could lose every game, but I’d be a happy man beating TECH!
By Willie
November 6, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
WTF?, no nerve! I just wanna be your bookie dip$hit
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
I was only joking with the wiki comments…
jeesh…
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
WOO HOO! ACC is 3-3 vs SEC teams this year!!!!
What is UGA’s last out of conference loss? WV?
By Willie
November 6, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this
WTF? and other crackheads, I pull for both GT and GA, I was in Jacksonville last weekend were you? I am just trying to get you to take off those rose colored glasses you are wearing. I will tell you one thing though; other than Alabama, Georgia has not seen a front 4 on defense as good as Tech’s. If Stafford thought the Gators were putting the preasure on him…just wait.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this
LOL!!! Yeah, okay
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this
Jacksonville, FL Willie… Not to be confused with Jacksonville, AL.
By Willie is a loser
November 6, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this
Well Willie now I am really scared. Ha. Tech has not played a team as good as UGA all year either. “Just wait” little boy. By the way, do you enjoy being with young boys or is it just a hobby?
By ppw
November 6, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
Not everyone wants to be a redneck that only thrill in life is to get drunk on the weekends and be in a group of 80K of their drunk budies like at UGA.
By White and Gold
November 6, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
Mark Bradley - Where do you see each program in 5 years? Tech appears to be on the rise, UGA appears to be going to way of FSU (arrests, penalties, etc.). What’s your take?
By Dawg FAN!!!
November 6, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
It doesn’t matter who is having a better right now. We WILL have a better season NEXT year! 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. Come on DAWG FANS you know the drill!!
WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!!!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
Willie, You say UGA hasen’t faced a defensive line like Techs with the exception being Bama. Guess what, the O-line that took the field at Bama isn’t quite the same unit. With a few moves and 6 games under their belt since the Bama game don’t expect the same results as Bammer…
By Body Massage Machine
November 6, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this
There are so many other reasons to be glad to be a Tech fan right now other than how the football teams are performing…
By Boo Boo
November 6, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this
Now I see who Ledbetter’s true mentor is.
Bradley: Grasshopper, if you want to be a true professional sports writer, you have to make up stories that have nothing to do with reality, so the public will have something to hate each other over.
Ledbetter: Sensei, you mean like pretending the Falcons would ever consider resigning Deangelo Hall?
Bradley: You learn well grasshopper; but never touch the forbidden topic of holy reverence to the almighty Bulldog. Only the master can question the gods. Besides, the guys in New York that own the newspaper want me to go for statewide sales, rather than local buyers. You’ll understand when you’ve been in the biz a while.
Who cares which 7-2 record is better? Tech should have lost to tiny Gardner-Webb, and only a miracle kept them from losing to Free Shoes University. So what? Georgia is treated like it is a professional football team, so it obviously should be 9-0, since it only plays college teams.
Both are 7-2. Both are Georgia schools. Both having winning records should be something to express pride in. Rivalry should only matter when the two teams play each other. But then hatred must sell newspapers.
By Dawg88
November 6, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
Let’s see…really low expectations, but a 7-2 record equals unparalleled success by UGA because UGA was expected to win. Yeah, makes sense…Oh brother! Yech logic is amazing.
That stellar 10-9 win over Gardner-Webb was exciting and telling. It’s a bad team winning with a weak schedule.
Georgia plays the top schedule in the country loses 2 starting OL and the top DL they have but still sits at 7-2. That’s not underachieving. That’s about what should have been expected. The number 1 ranking was based on those 3 playing the entire schedule. When you are playing so many young guys on the OL, the expectations were unrealistic. It’s just that noone wanted to be honest and admit that more experienced DL’s and teams would bite the Dawgs at least a few times with losses.
Yech would never beat Bama, LSU, Vandy, UT, Uf, Arizona State, Kentucky, or Auburn all in the same season. In fact they would not win 6 of those 8 as UGA probably will do. As far as Yech playing in the ACC Championship game….heck they play in the sorry ACC…they are getting there by default. Would they get to ATL and play in the SEC title game? NO! Would UGA win the division that Yech is in and play in the ACC title game? YES! Look Yech already has two losses but they are still alive….UGA has two losses and they are out of it! Unbalanced comparison between these two teams and programs. Yech is weak and UGA is their Daddy!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!
By Jeff
November 6, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
Quite frankly, I think both schools should be proud of their seasons. I am a GT fan and we are definitely doing better than I expected under first-year coach Paul Johnson. For UGA, even though the expectations were set very high (unreasonably in my opinion) before the season even started, one could view a 7-2 record as not-so-good. I beg to differ. Considering the teams that UGA plays, a 7-2 record is not bad by any measure. Are they under-achieving? Maybe. But they are not bad, and they should be proud of a 7-2 record at this stage of the season. There are many, many schools that would love to trade UGA’s 7-2 record with their own.
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
WTF???
Ohhh the 49 to 10 Jacksonville. LMAO!!!!
By WinderDawg
November 6, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
It shows the difference in the quality of football when an 8-9 win season is a considered a dissapointment for one team, but a huge success for another. You also forget to mention Tech’s joke of a schedule that got them 7 wins.
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this
Actually, “whose record” is correct. “Who’s” is a contraction for “who is.” “Whose” is a possessive.
Good question about five years down the road: Off the top of my head, I’d say Georgia will continue along as it has — which is quite a good thing, in the grand scheme — and Tech will rise to become one of the two or three best teams in the ACC, and we’ll be having this discussion — whose season is better? — on an annual basis.
By #1 Tech Fan
November 6, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
If being a nerd comes with the having the best combination of football and academics in the country then so be it, and at least we have better than a “junk yard dawgs chance in Jacksonville” of winning our conference.
By REALITY!!
November 6, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
USELESS COLUMN!!!!IF ON NOV 30TH GEORGIA IS 10-2 AND TECH IS 9-3 THEN YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By WinderDawg
November 6, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this
I think it is funny that an 8-9 win season is considered a dissapointment at UGA, but a huge success at Tech.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
What was the score to the Tech/Vagina game???
So whose tea,m is ranked higher?
UGA’s or Tech’s?
By here we go
November 6, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
nothing would be better than to roll into athens and put the final touches on UGA’s underachieving season.
i wonder if florida complains to fsu and miami about playing in a such a tough conference. of wait, florida actually meet expectations. they win big games. they dont need excuses.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this
Question
Would you rather go to Tech or Vandy?
I mean, both have great academics.
Vandy would compete annually for an ACC title, but not in the SEC.
I’m going to Vandy…
By WinderDawg
November 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
I think it is funny that an 8-9 win season is considered a dissapointment at UGA, but a huge success at Tech.
By DawgNirvana
November 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Record wise the insects are having a bettrer year. 7-2 for those clowns and they are dancing in the street (just not filling their stadium). More was expected of the Dawgs (both the fans and national media) even though the competition is much tougher. That being said the annual beat down will still be administered.
By Rambler
November 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Why is it the Dawg fans think the SEC is so tough? I seem to recall the last two times Tech played Auburn we beat them and this year it was Mississippi State that was a “W” on our schedule. The ACC actually has a pretty good record playing schools outside the conference. Maybe the Bubba boys would like to play Miami, FSU, VT and BC every year.
By REALITY!!
November 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
TECH FANS REMIND ME OF A LITTLE PUNK WITH A BIG MOUTH …HE RUNS IT AND RUNS ITUNTIL YOU FIANLLY BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF HIM AND PUT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL. ONLY TO HAVE HIM COME BACK THE NEXT YEAR AND START ALL OVER AGAIN ONLY TO GET THE CRAP BEAT OUT OF YOU AND PUT INTO THE HOSPITAL AGAIN..ITS LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN
NO ONE CARES BECAUSE THE BOOTOM LINE IS TECH WILL ALWAYS BE SECOND FIDDLE TO UGA NO MATTER WHAT THE RECORD IS ….
By Dawg88
November 6, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
To RAMBLE ON:
7 wins in a row is all that matters!!!
LOL More Than You!!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
LOL!!!! Damn Techies hate Dawgs so bad for some reason.
Is it cuz we’re everything they wanna be?
I think so.
Where the hell is Yellerskeetersarepetereaters when we need him?
By Yep
November 6, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
I am so sick of GT grads stating how smart they are. How many Rhodes Scholars did GT have this year? UGA had two, the most in the nation! Get off your self righteous indignation! Tech is actually easier to get into than UGA because it is not nearly as popular of an institution. Look at the number of entrance requests…. Get over it!! Both are good schools, neither are in the academic league of either Duke or an Ivy league school.
By CGA
November 6, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
UGA fans began the season with the expectations of their team winning the SEC championsip, then the National Championship. Their dream of winning the National Championship died along with the dream of going to the SEC championship game on the field in Florida. I warned the UGA fans early on that great expectations lead to even greater disappointments. If they do win the TECH-UGA game, it will be the only thing left that they have to brag about this year.
On the other hand, Tech fans began the season with absolutely no expectations for their team given the new coach and a new offensive system and are pleasantly surprised with the results so far. No one expected they’d even have a shot at this year’s ACC championship.
Who knows what will happen when these two teams meet? I guess it depends on which Tech team and which UGA team shows up that day. IF the team that played Garner-Webb shows up, we’re in trouble! A win for TECH in Athens would be a great end to the regular season.
By BuzzFactor
November 6, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
Wow these UGA fans are a sensitive bunch. Nobody was saying either team was better, but come on, the dogs haven’t beaten anyone but an overrated LSU team, and a gift win from S.C. Yes we all thought the big tough schedule UGA had was one of the toughest, but it hasn’t panned out that way. Now you doggies quit being paranoid and just accept the observation that was made, Tech’s 7-2 looks a lot better than the other based on preseason expectaions. I’m not making any prediction on 11/29 til we get through the next 2 games and know where everything is at that point. But I will tell you that I feel a whole lot better about that game than I did before the season!
By WungFuChang
November 6, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
My name is wung and i go to georgie tech. i vewy, vewy pwoud of football team. i am a nerd that all buuudogs make fun of. i am still pwoud of team because we have a good coach. good coach make game weally weally fun.
i vewy, vewy happy we not have maaaak wicht as head coach because he always wated vewy high in pweseason and make poopie in his pants in big games. fworwida make goergie their b*** evewy year.
i hear man from affins say tech no good at football and i waff in his mullet face. he no understand maff like wung does. wung know we have won national championship much more wecently than bulldogs who are all angwy and bitter because tired of making poopy in pants every year and know after this years perfomance that pweacher wicht will not get job done and continue to make poopy in pants.
i open fortune cookie and fortune cooky says “man with butt cut get exposed in big games”. i think balwance of power has shifted in state. i vewy, vewy pwoud to be a nerd with a good coach.
i look forward to making chop suey out of bulldogs after day of turkey and seeing pweacher wicht poop pants again. scared wednecks on this bwog vewy obvious to wung.
By stacyg
November 6, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
Although I despise Tech (and mostly for their idiot posters which is confirmed on this blog), I would have to say Tech. Who would have thought Tech would be 7-2 at this point in the season. Good job. Now just quit being idiots, please.
Go Dawgs!!
By Jason (Again)
November 6, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this
Its going to be a good game this year tech has a good team. I just hope the jackets can contain #24.
By WinderDawg
November 6, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
I think it is funny that an 8-9 win season is considered a dissapointment at UGA, but a huge success at Tech.
By Fire Chan Gailey!
November 6, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Dawg88-
Your not giving enough credit to GT. We would easily beat Vandy, UT, ASU, Kentucky, Auburn (Auburn was our b!tch 2 years in a row recently). LSU would be a good game and only Florida and Alabama would be pretty decent chances of a loss.
Need I remind you of Colorado 2 years ago and Vandy - what was it last year? We all play a down game every now and then.
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
WTF??? says:
Vandy would compete annually for an ACC title, but not in the SEC.
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They just got beat by DUKE at Home!!!!!!
BWWWWHHHHHAAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!
you call us nerds?
Your logic, UGAG is a mid tier team in the ACC…just like they are in the SEC
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
ROFL @ WungFuChung!!!!
By Buzz Off
November 6, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
UGAly fans are correct in defending the series record. But as the gent from the Gator Country said ” Don’t count Your Chickens too Early”. We play the schedule that we have to. You play yours. The object is to win wherever you play. RIGHT??? We lost a couple that we should not have. Look around the nation and you’ll find alot of teams that lost when the shouldn’t. We finally have a coach that doesn’t tolerate bad play or loses. CPJ will bring our team ready to play … Oh by the way I think we do have more National Tiles than You. Just a guess but GT 27; Uga 21. Go Jackets!!!
By StingDoc
November 6, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this
To *Statham, Dawg BugKiller, Willie is a loser, GoDawgs08, Supes, and all other trash-talking dawgs: *
To paraphrase a previous dawg, while Richt has been at UGA we have seen the dawgs leading the national in criminal arrests, rapes in the student dorms, teachers attacked, and one of the lowest graduation rates in the nation. We’ve seen college course exam questions for your basketball players such as: “How much is a 3 point goal worth? How many halves in a game?” Hershel Walker was quoted in Sports Iluustrated as saying “I don’t want to leave Georgia early for the NFL because I haven’t finished coloring all my books yet!”
Reynold wrote, “Just throw Tech in the SEC and see what happens.” This was echoed by Chris. Tech WAS in the SEC for many years, Idiots, and had a better record than Ugaly. BTW, didn’t we beat a “mighty” SEC team this year which almost beat “awesome”Auburn?
TrippDawg said “it’s hard to keep a strait face listening to them.* Try spell check, illiterate. ”Your last national title was a shared national title (remember Colorado). Our last national title was all ours.” Look it up. Your title was also shared. The only consensus, unanimous title for either school was Georgia Tech 1917!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
TRASH TALKING DAWGS WHO TRYTO MOCK,
WILL BE STUNG BY ME, STING DOC!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this
LOL at Fire Chan Gailey
By TECH > UGA
November 6, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this
SEC Wins Alabama beat Clemson Florida beat Miami South Carolina beat NC State
ACC Wins Wake Forest beat Ole Miss Georgia Tech beat Miss St. Duke beat Vanderbilt
Upcoming FSU v UF GT vs UGA Clemson v USC
Looks pretty even right now guys, we’ll see in a few weeks…
But I would rather be a high paid Engineer than an underpaid grocery store cashier any day… I’ll take Tech!!
By dawgslickmyballs
November 6, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
have fun working for me or one of us other “Nerds” Stathamdawg if you can even find a job with a U(sic)GA degree. also have fun losing to us you ignorant dawg fan maybe you can show us what its like to win with a big crowd.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
Engineers are d*******…
By DawgCrappy
November 6, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
yep- with the dumbed-down education at UGAy, it should have at least Rhodes Scholars.
You ‘necks are incapable of understanding what a real university is like. You couldn’t handle the academic rigor of Tech’s curriculum. Tech’s Entrance Requirements are much higher than your supersized Community College. Of course, your acceptance rate is higher. Every dumb a* in this state applies there. And the smart kids in this state, use UGAy as a back up.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
Dude, you let dogs lick your balls?
That is IT! I’m calling the Humane Society.
FREAK
By Charley Manson
November 6, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
Forget the records! Forget the outcomes! Guns and knives in the parking lot after the game November 29. Come on Techies, you’ll be outnumbered in Athens, but by golly come up with a machine gun that can kill 20 UGA fans, for every one of you that dawg fans will kill with clubs and fists. Just none of that drive-by stuff. That’s chicken $hit killing. Florida fans do that stuff. We’re better than that! Mano e mano (that means you girls too), face-to-face, see the whites of their eyes before you snuff em out. Kill, kill, kill. It is all about winning, at all costs, till the last man goes down in a bloody heap! I’ll be in the car with Bradley to pick up the real winners when the smoke clears.
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
I should pause to congratulate WTF?? for (surely) shattering some sort of AJC.com record — 45 comments in 4 1/2 hours. Folks, that’s blogging!
By booby dead dodd
November 6, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this
UGA is better. Tech plays in the ALL C** CONFERENCE.
By Catsmeow4
November 6, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this
Tech has North Carolina, Miami,and Georgia still to play.Looks llike 7-5 season. Georgia has Kentucy, Auburn,and Tech. 10-2 season. Now who has a better season. GO DAWGS.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this
HUR HUR…. Me Dawg fan, me stupid. Me like Engineer to build me bridge for my pickemup truck.
HUR HUR….
You bunch of cocky a* little book work son of a b***.
Don’t be mad because a UGA guy grudge f#$ked your momma in the a* and she liked it.
Don’t be bad because a UGA guy whipped your a* every single day in highschool.
Don’t be mad because still, to this day even with your stellar academic skill set you would still get your a* whipped by a UGA guy…
Quit hatin b***
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Thank you for your commendation Mark.
It is a slow day at the office…..
By GoDawgs!!!
November 6, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
I would NEVER, under any circumstances, EVER rather be tech. I would rather lose every game and be a Dawg than win ‘em all and be a bee. Gooo, Dawgs!!! Sic ‘em!!!
By BuzzFactor
November 6, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this
yeah this year you (UGA) expected a SEC or National title. It was supposed to be a great year. Normally you guys expect a 10 win season year in/ year out. The program is in a good spot, just can’t get that elusive NC, nor can many other schools in the same boat. But that’s not a bad place to be, and you could get lucky one year. The fact is that the 7-2 we are at right now at Tech, tells us we are on our way to those same expectaions on a regular basis very soon, and your 7-2 is a reality check letting you know that the 10-2 norm is all you are getting and Mark Richt is not the man that will get you past it. So many of you are weighing it out in your head - “keep Richt and 10-2 per yr, or trade it in and try to get a better coach but that would be a HUGE risk.” So most of you say - “lets just wait and make sure we beat the Jackets before we think about it too much, and oh yeah I wonder if Bama or the Gators will be NC’s this year. Seems like all thses NC’s in our coneference, we could get one some day.” ….admit it or not, but the situation of being stagnant and not getting that crown, combined with the progress being made on the flats, is very scary for UGA right now….
By blue
November 6, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this
SEC lovers; you are not backing it up this year. Went through ALL non conference games; against other BCS schools, you are a whopping 5-5 (with a loss to Louisiana Tech this year). If the SEC is so good that Tech (or, according to you dolts, any school from any other conference NOT called the ‘SEC’) would be under .500, then why are all of your wins against non BCS schools and your losses are against Texas, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Louisiana Tech, UCLA and Duke? Hmmm…and don’t start with the “because we beat each other up” crap, because most of these games happened before or at the very beginning of conference play. The only “under 500” you should worry about is whether GA can keep a good team “under 500” yards of offense.
By DawgCrappy
November 6, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this
Mark- apparently they now use computers at UGAy and its Rhodes Scholar- WTF was first in line to use one.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
By the way.. I probably need to find something to do instead of this.
I have thoroughly enjoyed it guys.
To be honest though, I am very impressed with the play of Tech this year. I knew when they hired Coach Johnson that he would return Tech to a respectable program. I had no idea that it would be this fast.
I am cheering for Tech to win their division and an ACC title, best of luck to the other football team in Georgia.
Be good guys, I’ll get back on tomorrow to give you more crap.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this
wait wait!!!
Only one more, I promise..
Me like computer, it is fun!
Thank God Al Gore invented the internet!
By acowa
November 6, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this
Both teams lose on Saturday and go 7-3. You heard it here first
By StateofGeorgia
November 6, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
I would like to say to the idiot Dawgcrappy that it takes a very small-minded, ill-informed individual to disqualify all things academic for an institution such as Georgia. I have my BA from UGA and my MS from Tech, and I would say that both are fine learning establishments. It just shows that you didn’t attend either for you to make such a statement. Perhpas you should ask your parents to take you off of restriction, so that you can stop burning up the keys on the blog and get some sunshine. Who on Earth doesn’t want the best possible reflection on their homestate? Rivalries are fun, but ignorant people like you take them to new and unnecessary lows. Grow up. And God bless Georgia!!!
By buttcutmutt
November 6, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
WinderDawg-
I think its funny, dissapoining AND only fitting that you live in winder.
you guys have won 7 straight against us yet its still so obvious that deep down you want to be us. you want more national titles, you want more nationally televised games, you want to be a media darling instead of a media joke and most of all you want to stop getting humbled in the biggest games of the year.
but what the heck, you will be back in the preseason top 20 i am sure. why doesnt your teams start having their banquette at the beginning of the year as opposed to the end. It may be more fun than the s** you have been eating since you won the title back when the iran hostage deal was going down.
silly rednecks.
By TECH > UGA
November 6, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
No Mark… That’s not having a job, and likely living off of the government…
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this
I am Puffy and availabble. I’m lonely cause my deep fat fryer is crapier than the DAWGS defence.
By John
November 6, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this
There are many ways to look at who is having a better season and unfortunately I think UGA is ahead in every one. (1) Who is the better team - the Vegas Spread Index shows UGA to be about a touchdown better than GT (look for about a 10 point spread in Athens) (2) Who has had the bigger wins? UGA. UGA has wins @LSU, @So.Car, @ ASU and vs. Tenn; GT has wins over FSU, Clemson, Miss State, and BC. (3) Who has the better losses? UGA. They lost to a pair of top 5 teams. GT lost to two mediocre teams from Virginia.
I tried Fan Formula to create a custom ranking system that would put GT ahead of UGA but could not make one work.
I’m all for To Hell with Georgia but I think we need to be patient
By Buzzfan1936
November 6, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this
YES, I WOULD RATHER BE A YELLOW JACKET. One reason: I was re-watching my DVR for the wonderful jinx-breaking win over F$U, 2nd Qtr., Tech behind 3-10. THAT LITTLE MARCUS WRIGHT #3 IS REALLY FAST!! He took that option pitch went around end towards the goal line like lightning in a bottle. He’s only 5’8”, but remember Tech’s tradition of great little backs? Leon Hardeman, an All-American and one of our greatest backs, 1951ff, was only 5’6” and Jimmy Thompson, 1956, was about the same. And Wright is only a freshman. Tech has the youngest team in the ACC, and it looks like we’re getting some great recruits.
We may not beat the Dawgs this year esp. since they have that extra week to get ready for us and have better players, but soon.
GO JACKETS!! BEAT THE TAR OUT OF THE HEELS!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this
ROFL!!!!
B******* - you highjacked my screen name….
By DawgNirvana
November 6, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
All Tech Nerds,
The reason Dawg fans believe the SEC is tougher is because of facts. Fact one is the acc is 1-9 in BCS games. Read that again 1-9. The SEC is 11-4. The SEC has 5 teams that have at least 1 win in a BCS game. Your league has 1 team with 1 win (Miami has never played in a BCS bowl as a member of the ACC). Now you mgt majors from Yech supposedly would have some critical thinking skills, correct? These are undisputable facts. This is why the SEC has a higher ranking and is regarded much higher than the weak @$$ acc.
By The Big Bug
November 6, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this
Football Fan, GT has not been in the SEC for 40+ years!Ya think that might be the reason Ga has more SEC titles? And what’s this obsession with the Stadium fill-up?Guess what:GA is 3 times as large as GT,has at least 3 x as many alumni. Plus,all the backwoods hicks jump on the bandwagon because they are ignorant & think GA is the only team that represents the state much like the Braves & Falcons. Also, the 1990 team would have beaten Colorado by 40 points.In addition,IMO, it takes more guts to pull for David than Goliath.I’d rather have GT plates on my car than G anyday.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this
For the record, I have never utilized any government assistance programs.
I work, well.. Let’s just say that I am employed. My superb database skills have allowed me to automate my job duties to the point that I only have to work for about thirty minutes a day. Kind of similar to our DOT.
By DawgCrappy
November 6, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this
StateofGA- got your panties in a buch again? The truth concerning UGAy’s dumbed-down education hurts doesn’t it.
I seriously doubt that you had the intellectual capacity to gain acceptance at Tech. You may want to wake up from your perpetual stupor, you cretin you, and read the assinine posts from your fellow GA Cow College bloggers.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
Only kidding guys….I can still blog.
I thought mom was coming down to the basement to use the dial up but she was getting a new box of pocket protecters for dad’s new shirt. For fun tonight dad is going to let me use his slide rule. I sure love this internet thing…I can talk sh!t down here that I can not talk when at middle school…
By bloodontheplow
November 6, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
WinderDawg-
Are you a farmer?
By PeachStateofMind
November 6, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this
I would like to say to the idiot Dawgcrappy that it takes a very small-minded, ill-informed individual to disqualify all things academic for an institution such as Georgia. I have my BA from UGA and my MS from Tech, and I would say that both are fine learning establishments. Georgia has TWO Rhodes Scholars, by the way, but I’m sure that the entire concept is lost on you. Do you even know what an honor that is? Probably not. Your comments show that you didn’t attend either school. A reasonable, mature, thinking man would want to have the best possible light shone on his homestate. Rivalries are fun, but some people take them to new lows due to their lack of intelligence and integrity. Perhaps you should ask your parents to take you off of restriction, so that you can stop burning up the keys on the blog and get some sunshine.
By Your Boss
November 6, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this
All you redneck Tech fans need to realize any team in the SEC could be 7-2 with your pathetic schedule. You guys should be 6-3, but if weren’t for that miracle fumble in the endzone at the end of the 4th you guys wouldn’t have a single quality win.
How’d you guys do against Gardner-Webb? OUCH!
GO DAWGS!!! Redneck Tech fans will come back to earth after they get clownstomped by North Carolina this weekend.
GO HEELS!!!
By HoHum
November 6, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this
UGA will still beat Tech.
By Dan Rad
November 6, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this
Mr. Bradley, Can I interest you in a job down here at our ticket office ? This “Adopt A Team” slogan just doesn’t seem to be a selling point. I see with very little effort or content, you can bring my “Nerds” out of the woodwork. Please hurry, or I’ll have to borrow some tarp from The ACC Championship committee to cover up these seats !
-Dan
By Your Boss
November 6, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this
All you redneck Tech fans need to realize any team in the SEC could be 7-2 with your pathetic schedule. You guys should be 6-3, but if weren’t for that miracle fumble in the endzone at the end of the 4th you guys wouldn’t have a single quality win.
How’d you guys do against Gardner-Webb? OUCH!
GO DAWGS!!! Redneck Tech fans will come back to earth after they get clownstomped by North Carolina this weekend.
GO HEELS!!!
By gumdrop
November 6, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
WTF I’m available! Do you have any pictures of hunky Coach Richt in his speedos. You know the ones with Crazy Herschel’s picture emblazoned on the front and back. They’re simply scrumptious!
By Your Boss
November 6, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
All you redneck Tech fans need to realize any team in the SEC could be 7-2 with your pathetic schedule. You guys should be 6-3, but if weren’t for that miracle fumble in the endzone at the end of the 4th you guys wouldn’t have a single quality win.
How’d you guys do against Gardner-Webb? OUCH!
GO DAWGS!!! Redneck Tech fans will come back to earth after they get clownstomped by North Carolina this weekend.
GO HEELS!!!
By WinderDawg
November 6, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this
I think it is funny that an 8-9 win season is considered a dissapointment at UGA, but a huge success at Tech.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this
Only kidding guys….I can still blog.
I thought mom was coming down to the basement to use the dial up but she was getting a new box of pocket protecters for dad’s new shirt. For fun tonight dad is going to let me use his slide rule. I sure love this internet thing…I can talk sh!t down here that I can not talk when at middle school…
YES!!!! MY dad graduated from Tech!!!
By georgia dawg
November 6, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
Georgia will destroy Georgia Tech this year. I’m sure anyone smart could realize this. I went to the GT vs. VA game and they were terrible, them lost to themselves..pitiful!
By georgia dawg
November 6, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
Georgia will destroy Georgia Tech this year. I’m sure anyone smart could realize this. I went to the GT vs. VA game and they were terrible, they lost to themselves..pitiful!
By ButtCutMutt
November 6, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
PeachStateofMind-
Wow. You certainly are well schooled. Thanks for sharing. Maybe you could post some of your hobbies and other accomplishments for us to view. Also, of the two uga rhodes scholars maybe you could do a weekly update on them..sort of a “where are they now”.
Who cares you goose….save the BS, den-mother routine for your friends down at the feed & seed.
This is a blog about clean old fashioned hate. Deal with it.
By Denver dog
November 6, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
Yes sir Tech is really impressive, stomping teams like Gardner Webb. You just have to say that this is really a successful year for the jackets
By DawgCrappy
November 6, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
Your boss- your little football team looks awfully tough sportin’ those Powder Puff Blue unis. BTW, UNeCk is bustin’ at the seams with trailer dwellin’ ‘necks.
By Not Disappointed
November 6, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this
Go Jackets!!!!!!!!!!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
Gumdrop, I have some old pictures of Erk and me naked wrestling.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
Guys, as a current UGA Rhodes Scholar I am majoring in whopping Techie’s asses. So far so good..
By Your Boss
November 6, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
Hey niglet, reality check this weekend.
You guys lose the rest of your games!
BOOK IT!
GO DAWGS! GO HEELS! THWGT!
7-5 is a success at GT? LOL! Don’t worry, basketball season is around the corner.
By st simons
November 6, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
wtf go get your mullet cut!!!!
By Your Boss
November 6, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
Hey niglet, reality check this weekend.
You guys lose the rest of your games!
BOOK IT!
GO DAWGS! GO HEELS! THWGT!
7-5 is a success at GT? LOL! Don’t worry, basketball season is around the corner.
By Gator
November 6, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this
hey dawg88,
according to your logic, uga and tech have something in common
uga would never beat Bama, LSU, Vandy, UT, Uf, Arizona State, Kentucky, or Auburn all in the same season either.
By Your Boss
November 6, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
Hey niglet, reality check this weekend.
You guys lose the rest of your games!
BOOK IT!
GO DAWGS! GO HEELS! THWGT!
7-5 is a success at GT? LOL! Don’t worry, basketball season is around the corner.
By Jessica
November 6, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
**UGA went into this season talking about how “this is their year.” this is the year they claim they were supposed to win it all.
Tech went into this season not expecting very much, but Coach Paul Johnson has made the fans and the players excited again, but not in the way Richt has. Richt has to resort to NO discipline and tries to be their friend rather than their leader (as was evidenced by running all over the endzone last year in Jacksonville, and them being the most penalized team in the country). Coach Paul Johnson, on the other hand, has used discipline and outrun EVERYBODY’s expectations.
It feels good to go to a game and not hope to “not lose by very much.” Coach Paul Johnson is a great man, a great coach, and will lead this team to a National Championship before he is done.
UGA will NEVER win a national championship under Mark Richt unless he gets it together. This was their year, and now all their fans are trying to downplay it like they didnt tell everyone they were going to win every game this year.
oh, and i actually had an idiot uga grad tell me that even though my starting salary is higher than the starting salary of uga’s graduate students, that he would end up making more because all we can do is “enginnering…” haha shows how stupid they are right there.
oh and does anyone forget…TECH HAS MORE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN UGA AND MORE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN UGA.**
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
we have the U coming to town next thursday….crack dens and street walkers will have brisk business at bobby dodd…what a lovely campus….i can hook you up as needed.
By ACCisForReal
November 6, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
Sorry Dawg fans, the SEC is not all that this year and Georgia is really not that good at all and I seriously doubt they would be better than 7-2 in the ACC. Florida and Alabama kicked your tails. Mississippi state got there SEC a** handed to them when they brought it to the ACC, so talk big all you want, the SEC is not all that and Tech would be fine in the SEC or any where else.
By gmlane
November 6, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this
The question was who is having the better season, not who is the better team.
Tech was picked preseason to have 3 wins (Duke, GW, and Jack St). Now, the Jackets are 7-2, with wins over Clemson, FSU, Boston College, and Mississippi State.
UGA was preseason #1, on the cover of SI, and the Dawg fans were ready to celebrate the first NC in almost 30 years.
And there still is a question over this??
By gumdrop
November 6, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this
WTF???, old pictures of Erk and you naked wrestling sound yummy!!! Any with Crazy Herschel and Daddy Vince wrestlin’ naked? Please stop by Bulldogs on Peachtree and show me and the boys what you got!
By WinderDawg
November 6, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this
I think it is funny that an 8-9 win season is considered a dissapointment at UGA, but a huge success at Tech.
By Rick
November 6, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this
To simplify Mark’s point for all you uga fans: Before the season began, how many of you thought that uga would be 7-2 and would have been b%tc*- slapped by both Alabama and Florida? Now, how many of you thought Tech could possibly be 7-2, no matter who they played? Understand now?
By Billy
November 6, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
I would give anything to have Paul Johnson as the DAWG’s Defensive Coordinator.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
Jessica, Are you hot?
By TechCrybaby
November 6, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
You are right, Mark. Two close, self-defeating losses suffered by Tech, compared with two stomps suffered by Georgia, add up to a better season for Tech than for Georgia.
Just now, Tech better not think about that, or about anything except UNC.
By WinderDawg
November 6, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
I think it is funny that an 8-9 win season is considered a dissapointment at UGA, but a huge success at Tech.
By To James the Dumbass
November 6, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
Florida actually lost to OLE MISS you moron. Tech will get slaughtered once again this year. I see all the GT grads on here flaunting their ‘success’. The ironic thing is there are currently 4 Tech grads reporting directly to me - Go figure.
By facts are facts
November 6, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
Throw out the schedules and records, these are the facts:
Tech has a better D-Line than anyone in the SEC and Dwyer is just as good as anyone in the SEC. Morgan Burnett is the best defensive back in either the ACC or SEC minus Berry from Tennessee. I think Tech could hold it’s own in the SEC no problem. We’ll see Nov 29th or whenever.
All I know is that in the last 3 out 4 times Tech played Georgia, the game came down to the last snap, so Georgia isn’t that far ahead of Tech as they think the are, and that was under pitiful Gailey.
Also, I would kill to finish this season with Kentucky and Auburn instead of UNC and Miami, can we please trade?
By D Franks
November 6, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
Here we go… Let’s talk about the issue at hand: Tech has had a better season, not bashing UGA in any way just a good observation. Who cares how good UF and Bama are or Gardner Webb and Virginia? Fact is Tech has been playing good football and UGA looks like they took a step back. From what I have seen, GT only beats themselves with turnovers while UGA is inconsistent but definitely talented. I think Willy Martinez will have his hands full with the “Perfect Option” and Stafford may very be running for his life unless UGA’s OL comes ready for war. Difference may be big plays with Knowshon and AC Green, while Tech manages the clock with there running attack. Tech by 6.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
Gumdrop - I don’t have any naked pictures of me and Crazy Herschel. Every time we were wrestlin naked and someone got out a camera his “YellerskeetersarePetereaters” personality would come out and he’s start yelling and cussing talkin about he wanted to kill him a Jawga Tech muthafuka…
By Fat Dawg
November 6, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this
I’m gonna say it. My DAWGS just isn’t as good as I thought. I still think we are one of the best teams, but I don’t know anymore.
I literally cried Saturday. I was hurt to the bone.
And I saw on TV that you left our boys on the field while you all went out to get drunk! Our boys deserve better. If I could afford tickets and a hotel I would have been there until the end. We will hunker down this weekend and we will win.
I love God; And I love my DAWGS.
Glory hallalujah
By AccForReal
November 6, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this
UGA what? SC14-7 , I think Tech can handle that. Shredded by Alabama, OK. Beat Tenn 26-14, WOW really imressive, I mean did there coach just step down? Vandy 24-14 , we Are ranked higher than Vandy. You beat LSU, wo hooo. LSU is not all that this season, don’t get too proud. Then Slapped down , stepped on and p** on by Florida. Wow the SEC SOOOOO TUFF, NOT! Get over it , Georgia at best the win over LSU was worth anything, but not much.
By someone cool
November 6, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
Tech Fans (aka JV Cheerleaders) - Remind me again of your record against UGA. Just because the hot UGA girls won’t/wouldn’t date/marry you doesn’t mean you have to be so bitter. Bless you all.
By Alabama Jack
November 6, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
WTF - living proof fertile women shouldn’t engage in anal sex.
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 6, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
We should have mini Waterford football made up for Tech just in case they win in Athens this year because it would be like an NC for them. ONV Johnson would drown in the deluge of gatorade. Then we would have to face a new ONV next year.
For all you A-clowns talking about we would be (fill in the blank) in the SEC or the ACC get a clue. Truth is you don’t know who you can beat until the game is played.
By KJ
November 6, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this
*TECH HAS MORE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN UGA *
Stop lying, please.
If you amend the question to include the 13 injuries to starters, and yet another hatchet job by the Penn Wager$ crew, 7-2 really can’t be considered a disappointment, especially if it culminates in 11-2, which it is likely to do.
UGA fans knew coming into the season that 2 losses were a distinct possibility, and that was when Alabama’s success was thought to be a year away.
I’m reasonably sure that if UGA’s nailbiters had included schools like Gardner-Webb, they’d be sitting at 8-1 at worst, and most likely 9-0.
At least we’ll get closure on this issue, as we always do, when the predictable happens over thanksgiving, and the jealous gnats retreat to their WoW games and blue field bowl bids.
By Dan Rad
November 6, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this
Come adopt our team….we got plenty of room for you. Hurry…they are unloading those seat tarps as I blog….
Dan Rad
By Billy
November 6, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
UGA is hard to get into in large part because the accepted everyone who could write his own name for a long time. Then the school got overcrowded. And let’s not forget that the HOPE scholarship likely draws many who would otherwise try to go somewhere out of state.
I’d like to know how many of the UGA die-hards on here actually went to the school, much less graduated. I’m not a hater. I’m all for UGA winning. I still pull for Tech when the two play, but the way I see it it’s better for Tech to beat a good UGA than a terrible one. Same if they lose to them. But I have to admit, I’m getting to where I feel a little bit of pleasure when I watch a game like the Florida game. It comes from knowing how distraught the drunken loudmouths are.
Now, I’m not saying Tech doesn’t have its share of idiot fans; it definitely does. But UGA has more than its share. I see atrocious behavior from UGA fans all the time, most of which never went there. The only time I’ve seen comparable behavior from Tech fans was from when I was there, and it was then-current students in the student section at the games who were responsible.
By Someone cooler
November 6, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
Someone cool - Remind me again why the record matters when Georgia Tech graduates don’t spend their first several years flipping burgers.
As for the UGA girls, perhaps if they had two brain cells to rub together, we’d be more interested in dating them. Just because you’re frustrated with your shortcomings doesn’t mean you need to project them on us.
By TheItalianDawg
November 6, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
GatorZone, enjoy your win!! Georgia deserved the loss. but unlike many delusional sport writers I attribute the gator success to Charlie Strong not to Urban Crier, I have never been impressed with your offense, yes you blow away lesser teams but your offense struggle with good teams. and Mark Richt should really considering bringing in a new face to the defense and demote or fire Willi Martinez. He is not a good DC, how loud can we say it. Richt is a smart man but enough is enough. how long could we go with the non sense on defense. I promise you if BVG still our DC, we would probably played for at least 2 NC, Look at the Falcons!
By Mike
November 6, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
What exactly has Tech done that is so impressive here? Squeak out a couple of wins against some obviously average at best teams? Lose a couple to more of the same? How about that 10-7 humdinger over Gardner-Webb? Its pretty easy to brag about defense when you dont play anyone with any capable offense to begin with.
I am not a fan of the Chan Gailey firing. I think he was increasing the talent level at Tech which has paid dividends for Johnson this year (see basically all his playmakers for evidence). A second top 20 recruiting class was ruined by the firing plus the loss of one of the best DC in the game in Tenuta. Chan’s teams would at least be 7-2 with a higher level of recruits in from last year. Considering the level Tech rose to in expectations the last couple of years, I dont get this whole excitement over sloshing in the mud with average ACC competition.
Reality check here people (as a Tech grad myself), Tech has struggled to get to 7-2 and would be supremely lucky to have only 3 losses on UGA’s schedule this year. Thats giving a strong benefit of the doubt considering South Carolina, LSU, Vandy, Arizona St. are all on the same level or better than Va Tech, BC, Clemson, FSU and UVA.
By ramblingwreck89
November 6, 2008 3:03 PM | Link to this
UGA reminds me of a baseball team…The New York Yankees who have all the talent in the world but just cant do anything with it….Who has UGA beat NOBODY…Lsu is sorry, vandy is almost as overrated as uga is, u barely beat a terrible tennessee and south carolina team i gurantee if uga played Techs schedule they wouldve lost to VT, UVA, BC,FSU, and probably duke…………THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT UGA AND THE SEC DID’NT MEET THEIR EXPECTATIONS BOTH ARE VERY OVERRATED…Bulldogs you better show up this year or we will run up the score so fast you wont even know what hit you
By Jessicasaho
November 6, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this
Jessica, you are an idiot. Tech fans and Georgia fans think so. Have you ever heard that UGA has doctors, lawyers and pharmacists, oh my?! They all make more than engineers. You just showed your own ignorance on so many levels. My UGA grad husband makes twice what his tech nerd brother makes. Oh, and the brother also cheers for GEORGIA! Georgia is the more elite program, period. Tech is jealous. They will get their wins against Georgia eventually, but not yet. And so far as this being Georgia’s year…yes, they were ranked first preseason, but even many of those ranking said it could be premature and that next year the Dawgs would be scary good because so many of their youngsters would have had time to season. Teams lose football games. I’d rather lose to Alabama and Florida than to VaTech or Virginia (and almost Gardner Webb!!!). You should read up on football a little before you try to hang with the big boys and girls. You just made yourself look stupid. I’m sure it wasn’t that hard, though.
By someone cool
November 6, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Tech Fans (aka JV Cheerleaders) - Remind me again of your record against UGA. You shouldn’t hold a grudge against their football team just because you can’t get a hot UGA girl to date/marry you. Don’t bother coming up with some “clever” response to my comment b/c I won’t read it. Bless you all.
By FL DAWG1
November 6, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Wow, thats all I can say when reading the comments on the AJC sometimes. Both are having great seasons in my opinion. It just kills me to see all the bashing going on. Thease kids juggle school, mettings, practice and many other responsibilities and we act like football is their only job. I am sure none of them like to lose and they play their hearts out for us every weekend. Just a little respect for the COLLEGE kids. GO DAWGS!!!!
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
I may have made a grievous error in encouraging WTF??? If so, I apologize.
By DawgPower
November 6, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
When the dust is settle on the field, the expectations will be that the Jackets got their butts kicked and that alone will determine what kind of season it has been for both. GO Dawgs!
By Denver Dog is a Moron
November 6, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
“Yes sir Tech is really impressive, stomping teams like Gardner Webb. You just have to say that this is really a successful year for the jackets”
You’re 7-2 doesn’t look so menacing when you think that more than half those wins came from freakin GEORGIA SOUTHERN, CENTRAL MICHIGAN, ARIZONA STATE and VANDERBILT. I don’t know how you pulled those wins off. Amazing!
By Dawgtime
November 6, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this
The delusions are of a grandeur nature. The opulence that the Tech fans are clinging to is weak at best. UGA has dominated Tech for more than a decade. You can minimize the results all you want but the true facts speak for themselves. UGA plays in a real conference. The ACC is a joke. UGA lost to two top five teams. UGA has been plagued with a multitude of injuries. With all that said, I don’t consider Tech to be a legitimate rival. If you place Tech back in the SEC, they would be contending with Vandy and UK for the basement. UT will not remain down for long. Name one legitimate ACC team. You can’t. The difference between UGA and Tech fans is that a Tech fan can tell you every UGA player and their perceived flaws. Tech fans watch every UGA game hoping for UGA to be destroyed. On the other hand, most UGA fans cannot tell you five players on Tech’s roster or who Tech is playing. Tech is irrelevant to UGA. It is like the ugly chicks hating the hot chicks in high school. Tech fans need to give up their obsession with UGA’s demise. The reality is that there is a significant gap between the talent in the SEC and the ACC. The best prospects: QB Mathew Stafford UGA, OL Andre Smith Ala, RB Knowshon Moreno UGA, WR Julio Jones and A.J. Green Ala and UGA, Athlete Percy Harvin UF, DB Eric Berry UT, LB the USC duo, Rennie Curran, Brandon Spikes, and Rolando McClain UGA, UF, and Ala, DT Terrence Cody Ala. If you want to refute those facts, check the mock drafts. Yes, I know you have to spend three years on campus. The reality is that you can find projections no matter the years on campus. Yes, the tall DE for Tech is ranked high but he is a tweener. He is too light for a true DE for a 43 pro defense. He lacks the coverage ability to be a true OLB in a 34 pro defense. He will be a situational pass rusher. Do you really believe your 1950’s offense would run over Florida’s, LSU’s, Bama’s, Auburn’s, Carolina’s, Tennessee’s or Georgia’s defense? Why did teams quit running that offense years ago? UGA has the most difficult schedule in the nation. What is Tech’s schedule ranked? When Tech actually defeats UGA, then I will consider them a team of significance. At present, they are just another win on the schedule.
By Dee
November 6, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this
Comparing UGA win/losses to Tech’s win/losses is a joke. Just like Tech’s schedule.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this
UGA reminds me of a baseball team…The New York Yankees who have all the talent in the world but just cant do anything with it….Who has UGA beat NOBODY…Lsu is sorry, vandy is almost as overrated as uga is, u barely beat a terrible tennessee and south carolina team i gurantee if uga played Techs schedule they wouldve lost to VT, UVA, BC,FSU, and probably duke…………THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT UGA AND THE SEC DID’NT MEET THEIR EXPECTATIONS BOTH ARE VERY OVERRATED…Bulldogs you better show up this year or we will run up the score so fast you wont even know what hit you
This made me LOL, I gurantee it…
By Tcar
November 6, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this
Okay UGA fans, We will take this again so you understand. Do we need to say it s-l-o-w-e-r?
Which team’s program looked better in January? Tech lost it’s bowl game and had a new coach about to take the helm. Things looked pretty bleak on North Avenue.
UGA trounced an over-matched Far West team and was complaining they should have had a national title shot. Same coach, quarterback and running back phenom all return for 08. The stars are aligned for great things in Athens.
The point is to look at the two seasons. It’s not about the schedules, the conferences or the size of the stadium. This was supposed to be UGA’s year and it has not played out that way. Meanwhile, Tech is has having a respectable season so far. It’s all about the expectations.
By HDawg
November 6, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this
Easy answer, Tech, but when you have ZERO expectations and win a few, easy to call it a great year. I’d rather be #1 and go down, then ZERO and go up, not too tough there. Thought pretty funny that all these Tech people got more joy out of UGA losing then they did in beating FSU, hilarious! We may have huge problems with Florida, but we are not on the low end of 14 out of 17, soon to be 15 out of 18 against Tech!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this
I want to wrestle Paul Johnson naked…
By Mike Rocks
November 6, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
Way to go, Mike! There is absolutely no reason to sit here and trash people (complete strangers, really…) over football teams. The fact of the matter is Georgia was predicted to be awesome, and Tech was predicted to be awful. Neither have met those predictions, but they haven’t swapped roles, either. Georgia has reached a point at which a two-loss season is a major disappointment, and that’s good and bad. We definitely need a new DC, but our D can certainly hang with most schools. I don’t think that, even with its flaws, Tech has seen an offense or defense quite like Georgia’s yet. Tech is definitely looking up, and it’s good to know that both of the major in-state programs will be contenders, at least for their conference now. It is exciting to play against proven competition, and both schools will have that opportunity for years to come now, it would seem. Thanks for putting up an intelligent, reasonable post. More people should take a cue from you. Go, Dawgs; Go, Jackets; Go, GEORGIA!!!
By NC dawg
November 6, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
UGA has lost to 2 top five teams. Who has Tech lost to? Nuff said
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this
Mark - Has or has not WTF??? been good entertainment today?
By StingDoc
November 6, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this
Charley Manson said “Guns and knives in the parking lot after the game November 29.” I read the post that an Alabama fan wrote about the despicable way he and his family were treated by the red-neck trashy dawg fans in Athens so your post sounds typical of the mind set of so many of the bottom feeding dawgs most of whom never went to any college much less UGA. You classy Georgia alumni of which they are many should work overtime to get rid of the trash in Athens so you can live up to the proud, classical name of Athens, Greece. Right now, you must be very ashamed to have so many low-lifes in your great big stadium you boast so much about.
By NC dawg
November 6, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this
BTW, Tech will have 3 losses after this weekend. Go Heels!
By BIGBEE
November 6, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this
BUGKILLER,the teams you beat were nobodies. The teams that beat you,well, ok, they kicked your A33, and you won’t admit it and cannot get over it.
By hotrod man
November 6, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
Fla fans were over heard whe the GA cheerleaders ran onto the field saying, “how bout them dogs”.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this
I sense jealousy from Stingdoc.
By StingDoc
November 6, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this
YES, I WOULD RATHER BE A YELLOW JACKET. One reason: I was re-watching my DVR for the wonderful jinx-breaking win over F$U, 2nd Qtr., Tech behind 3-10. THAT LITTLE MARCUS WRIGHT #3 IS REALLY FAST!! He took that option pitch went around end towards the goal line like lightning in a bottle. He’s only 5’8”, but remember Tech’s tradition of great little backs? Leon Hardeman, an All-American and one of our greatest backs, 1951ff, was only 5’6” and Jimmy Thompson, 1956 was about the same. And Wright is only a freshman. Tech has the youngest team in the ACC, and it looks like we’re getting some great recruits.
We may not beat the Dawgs this year esp. since they have that extra week to get ready for us, but soon.
GO JACKETS!! BEAT THE TAR OUT OF THE HEELS!!
By dan
November 6, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this
UGA got ran all over by bama, lsu and florida….and tech has a better running game than all 3 of those schools
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this
To answer your question, WTF???, you have been entertaining. I laughed once or twice, and I’m not a big laugher. (I’m old and I’m cranky.)
By StingDoc
November 6, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
Whoops. I copied a post from another blogger to save it and reposted it here instead. Sorry.
THE BEST NEWS TODAY IS THAT NESBITT APPARENTLY WILL BE OK!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this
We may not beat the Dawgs this year esp. since they have that extra week to get ready for us, but soon.
Damn Doc, excuses already?
By Tcar
November 6, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this
The joy in beating FSU was evident at the game when thousands of fans stormed the field. UGA losing to Florida was the icing on the cake.
Perhaps the Tech fans, whose school is local here in Atlanta, are sick and tired of hearing every blessed little thing about what happens in Athens, which is what, 60+ miles away? Banner Headlines: “Stafford Sneezed on Practice Field.” “Coach Richt Scratched His left Butt Cheek With 2:35 Left In Game.”
But, we have to accept that. Many of the media people around here went to UGA so they could lurn to reed and rite. Then they fill up the papers and air waves with all the rubbish about their alma mater!
By CGA
November 6, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
By a UGA fan’s own defintion, a rivalry is one where either team has a chance to win the game. So how can UGA fans keep calling Florida their biggest rival when they’ve lost 16 out of the last 19 games?
Someone also said that UGA had better losses? What in the world is “a better loss? Is getting embarressed on national TV by 30+ points better than being in the game almost until the end and losing by only 3 or 7 points? At least the TECH games weren’t on National TV for the whole nation to witness!!! The margin of victory in TECH’s two losses adds up to 10 points! How much did UGA lose to FL and AL by?
In the illogical world of Dawg Nation, a win is a win no matter how ugly it looked on the field…..unless it’s Tech narrowly winning a game they’re expected to win.
The logic of some UGA fans….. Wait, there is no logic in Dawg Nation!
By Stone Mtn, GA
November 6, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
UGA has lost to 2 top five teams. Who has Tech lost to? Nuff said
Typical SEC nonsense. Bama beats Clemson and you laugh because Clemson loses to what you call the “6th best team” in your conference. But when Bama whips UGA’s overrated tail now they are the #1 team in the country.
Please make up what little mind you have to begin with.
By Dawgtime
November 6, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this
Do you honestly believe anyone considers Mark Bradley’s opinion to have any merit? He is a bottom feeder. He has to write inflammatory articles to justify his employment. His typical articles are pointless and irrelevant. I know of no one that considers his articles worthy of reading. I just happened to be bored. He writes this typical UGA/Tech propaganda on a yearly basis in hopes of obtaining some recognition or ratings for his editoral flops. In terms of the game coming down to the last play, 2001 UGA 31 GT 17, 2002 UGA 51 GT 7, 2003 UGA 34 GT 17, 2004 UGA 19 GT 13, 2005 UGA 14 GT 7, 2006 UGA 15 GT 7 and 2007 UGA 31 GT 17. GT is averaging 12 points a game. That is really intimidating. I hear the same buildup every year and Tech loses. The margin of victory average has been 15 points. I was unaware that you could score 15 points on the last drive of the game. The Tech fans that I know never attended any college. They make fun of UGA’s academic structure, yet most have no degrees. No, they couldn’t qualify for Tech or UGA. They just spew hate. It is funny to hear high school and GED graduates making fun of UGA’s standards.
By TuckFech
November 6, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
Tech does NOT have a better running game than Florida. Try that game against someone other than Gardner Webb, loser bees….
By TuckFech
November 6, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
Tech does NOT have a better running game than Florida. Try that game against someone other than Gardner Webb, loser bees….
By Paul Smith
November 6, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
this is a great article, i love it
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this
I am a legend
By bama12titles
November 6, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this
Mark,
I noticed that as of now there are 427 posts. Notwithstanding wtf??s plethora of posts what is the record for # of posts on an ajc college football column and what was the column in reference to?
I’m obviously a Bama fan and I have a mutual respect for UGA and am also happy to see Tech rising back to being a competitive program.
I thought the rivalry was dead but with the sheer # of posts today regarding UGA VS TECH and how their respective seasons are going my question is this:
Is Tech now back to being UGA’s main rival if they have continued success under Johnston this year as in division or conference championship? And will that be especially true if Tech wins the game this year? Will we see 6 million posts on the column to be written if indeed Tech wins and or has a more successful season? And lastly, would WTF?? shatter his own record and have 6,000 posts when you write such a column?
By W&G
November 6, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this
After reading this, I just have a couple of ideas to post.
Yes, UGA has hotter girls than Tech, is that some sort of secret? That’s a given. Nothing better than going upto Athens on a off week for the jackets, getting with a hot athens girl then never having to communicate with her again. What could be better than that?
Secondly, will all you UGA fans please learn how to read and write. You are embarrasing your University when you post in this forum. You all sound like ten year olds. WTF??? keep posting though, at least you have a good sense of humor.
How many more times are you guys going to post about your schedule? I’m not going to try and say the ACC is better than the SEC, it’s not, great, point taken. However, UT sucks this year, Arizona State sucks as well. The two times you have played a good team (yes, I know they are top five and very good) you get absolutely smacked. So when you compare your two losses with our losses remember the fact that you guys got absolutely humiliated, not just beat.
I honestly can’t wait to drive up to Athens on the 22nd, talking smack with all your ignorant UGA fans. After we win, I’ll probably talk to some UGA girls, which will only add on the fact that we beat y’all in your “going to Miami” season.
You guys need to get over yourselves, realize Richt isn’t as good as you think he is and that he is not the upstanding guy he seems to be. He might as recruit out of jail.
Give me a call if you want to come work for me, except I doubt most of you could comply with my requests.
That is all, THWG.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
If Tech wins this game I will shatter the intergalactical post record by 1,978,345 post.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
And btw, Bama12titles
I am cheering for you to make it 13
By The Big Bug
November 6, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this
If Mike’s a GT grad my butt’s a scud missile. He a scrote licker, fans. Pitiful!
By Buzzfan1936
November 6, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
I agree with Billy. I try to root for UGA except when they play us because we both represent the state, but it is difficult because of the trash-talkers most of whom never went to Georgia.
By GT13
November 6, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
To the lame UGA comments about national titles in the middle of this page… the last time I checked you one won in 1980 and by your school website that is the only time you ended the polls at number one… average 10 wins a season and I could careless… we have four titles and our last one was in 1990 and I bet we get another one way before you ever will… and by the way we left the sec because it wasn’t competitive enough… look out for this year because we are coming
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
W&G - Why the hell are you going to Athens a week early?
By JohnnyReb
November 6, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Sounds like ol’ WungFuChung needs to lay off the “flyed lice” & (his favorite) “Cream of Someyoungguy”!
Let me cut to the chase for all you candy@$$, nerdly, wise@$$, pathetic little Techie geeks…The Dawgs OWN the Jack(@$$)ets!!! UGA will stomp a mudhole in that Nerd arse & walk it dry proving (once again) who the most superior football team in the state! You pansy nerdz are insanely jealous of the superior Dawg Nation because we get the hotties, make the money, have the most fun & RULE the gridiron! Now go back to dryhumping your Playstation & leave the football talk to us real men!!! Hahahahahahaha!
By KJ
November 6, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
Nothing better than going upto Athens on a off week for the jackets, getting with a hot athens girl then never having to communicate with her again
Unfortunately for you, you’ve never actually done this.
By Casey
November 6, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
hehe… I’d rather him clean and jerk a beer keg than selling pot or driving drunk while smoking pot. Good try though.
And atleast Georgia’s two losses are against two Top 5 teams. Where are Tech’s opponents they lost to? I root for Tech when they aren’t playing Georgia, but it’s crazier than hell to think Georgia’s two losses are worse than Tech’s. Yes, I would rather have Tech’s 7-2 record, cause in the ACC mediocrity can win you a division title and BCS berth, but in the SEC it might not even get you to a New Year’s Day bowl. I think Paul Johnson is a great coach, but y’all Tech fans are hooping and hollering way before it’s time. You haven’t beat Georgia yet, so don’t start celebrating too soon. And to be honest, you haven’t really beat anyone noteworthy, just like Georgia hasn’t, so it seems very even to me right now. Best of luck till Thanksgiving weekend.
By Industrial Manager
November 6, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this
Georgia Tech has a football team?
By depotdawg
November 6, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this
Hey techies, To bad Calcutta, Bangalore, and Hong Cong are so far away. Otherwise you might be able to give away enough tickets to your alumni base to fill the stadium.
By GTgirl
November 6, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
To JohnnyReb:
I am proud to say that I am a female Tech student, and no, I am not a “nerdly, wise”, etc, so on and so forth. Believe it or not, there *are normal people here :) Now, we may not be the best in football, but we have had an incredible year. At the end of the day, it is fans like yourself that give UGA the reputation it has. Not to mention, the majority of UGA fans didn’t even go there. Now, I’ll leave you to being a “real” man so you can curse and be crude on a pathetic website blog to prove just how classy UGA fans really are. But just one last thought- reconsider what you said about “making the money.” Because odds are, one day I’ll probably be your boss.
I am truly sorry that your degree will be worth nothing when you graduate. At least I know that my degree will be internationally recognized and respected for the rest of my life. :)
By question
November 6, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
Answer…..one….Tech
Question, how many teams have beaten Tech?
By heeldawg
November 6, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
I cannot disagree with the tone of Mark’s article here, which is a reflection of expectation as opposed to reality. Even the most sanguine Tech fans did not realistically expect the possibilities of a New Year’s Day bowl game and a conference championship this season (both of which are still in play for the Jackets). And while many Dawg fans thought that the schedule potentially held two losses, it has been the manner in which those losses occurred that has been most disquieting for the Bulldog Nation. Mark’s right: he didn;t ask which team was better (which will be decided on the field the Saturday after Thanksgiving). He asked who is having the better season at this point in time. As a Dawg fan, I’d have to say…Tech. Of course. Reality exceeds expectation, leading to satisfaction. It’s that simple (and almost mathmatical).
Now, here’s what we have yet to see.
There’s this whole business about apogee and nadir, about wins and losses and outcomes and where teams end up and, well, we’re at a nexus here. An inflection point. Tech and Georgia have the same record, have played roughly similar schedules (Georgia’s may have been a bit tougher, but there’s not an order of magnitude difference), and will meet at the end of the season.
Ah, inflection points. They are funny little things.
Georgia will struggle a little in Lexington, but they’ll put away the Wildcats in the end, and ease a little of the pain of the Florida game this weekend as they move to 8-2. And Auburn at Auburn is usually a daunting task. But these Tigers are lame. They have no offense, and their defense has quit on them, too. So the Dawgs will win that one and move to 9-2, leaving the ashes of Jacksonville behind once and for all.
The Jackets, meanwhile, travel to Kenan Stadium to play the UNC Tar Heels, a team that has given them trouble in Chapel Hill over the years. The Heels are better this season. They’ll catch the Jackets in a post-FSU funk and win hands down, dropping Tech to 7-3. The Jackets then get a bye week before meeting Miami, a team with little offense and an improving D. The Jackets will win that matchup in a close contest to pull to 8-3.
And then comes Athens.
The Dawgs have nothing to play for but pride and the state championship now. The Jackets will be hot to end the streak.
Talent wins out. A motivated pack of Dawgs will defeat a similarly motivated swarm of insects by about 10 points, dropping Tech to 8-4 and improving Georgia to 10-2. The Dawgs will then play Michigan State or Ohio State in the Cap One Bowl, win that game, and end the eyar 11-2 and in the top 10. Tech will play in either the Peach or the Gator and will either win or lose, finishing at 9-4 or 8-5. The former record likely will garner them a top 25 ranking to end the season. The latter will not.
And then, Mark, who will have had the better season? An 11-2 Georgia team playing in a New Year’s Day bowl, or a 9-4/8-5 Tech team, enagaged in yet anothe rlate-season swoon?
For we are at an inflection point. The two teams have identical records, but that is as much about coincidence as anything else.
Georgia will not lose again. And at least half of the Jackets’ losses are ahead of them.
One last thing:
Tech fans have always relied on the tired academic argument: “Tech’s better in the classroom, you’ll work for us, blah, blah. blah.”
All of which is fine conversation for losers. Stanford uses that argument all the time, but at least they can back it up.
Tech’s a fine school. I’m not arguing that. But to characterize Georgia graduates as “dumb rednecks” denigrates most of the state’s teachers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen, psychologists, pharmacists and journalists. It unfairly sterotypes the finest English Department in the Southeast, the number one Forestry School in the Country, a top-notch journalism school, the first free-standing School of Ecology in the country, an outstanding Honors Program (rated one of the best in the nation) and a school that has produced two Rhodes Scholars this year and more NCAA Scholar-Athlete Awards than any other school in the SEC.
Georgians in general should be proud of the programs of higher education that we have at Georgia and Georgia Tech. Both schools offer a lot to this state and to prospective employers looking to relocate here. We should stop bashing each other on these blogs about non-football issues and talk about collegiate athletics, because the other arguments really don’t hold water.
By W&G
November 6, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
WTF???, to get hammered and screw UGA chicks, obviously.
JohnnyReb, will you please quit talking like your on AOL Instant Messenger back in the third grade? Dear lord, your points don’t even make sense. UGA Grads definitely work under Tech grads more than vice versa. Can you comprehend what I said, or do I need to spell it out for you?
KJ, go suck some nuts. I’ve had more fun with UGA girls than you have, guaranteed. You are probably one of those UGA students who sits in the corner during frat parties while I, a non UGA student, came and had fun, all while being on my way to making millions.
Casey, I already told you, don’t argue about whose losses were better/worse. Yes, Bama and UF are better than UVA and VT, however, UGA got absolutely dominated by UF and Bama.
WTF???, Keep ‘em coming, you are the only UGA fan whose posts are worthwhile.
By Kent N
November 6, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this
This is a No brainer. TECH is the better season. No expectations to start with and will bowling. Uga all the expectations and it has already been decided they are out of the NC hunt.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
GTgirl - You go girl!!!
Also, are you hot?
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 6, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this
Why is Tech football better? Free soda and pizza plus nobody gets upset when they lose. Plenty of room in the stadium to stretch out and relax.
WTF??? Probably wearing his “I am not a gynecologist but I’ll take a look”
t-shirt.
By bama12titles
November 6, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this
TO WTF???
If you are going to wish us Bammers luck on getting nc 13 then I might as well wish you luck in breaking the intergalactic posting record.
Just beware however. I hope you don’t wear your fingers down to mere knubs with all the typing and please try to avoid carpal tunnel posting syndrome of the fingers as well. Otherwise good luck in this most worthy and notable endeavor!
One striking difference between the 2 programs that I noticed is that UGA did revert back to losing to the hated nemesis the gators from Florida. They probably didn’t care much about the Bama game cause UGA-BAMA just aren’t big rivals. But Tech beat the other Florida program FSU which before this year had been a pain in the @ss for Tech for years, even when Tech may have had better teams than FSU. They each have one of the 2 major Florida programs as a nemesis and Tech had the breakthrough while UGA kinda relapsed against their Florida rival. Just an observation.
Good luck to both Tech but also to the the UGA fans. That game is going to go back to being one helluva game to watch.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
To all my fellow Dawgs and Jackets too..
I love you man!
I have severely screwed my employer out of approximately 6.5 hours of pay and I can not morally bring myself to do it any longer.
L8r, I’ll be back on 9 - 5 tomorrow because we have absolutely nothing to do on Fridays.
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this
W&G - Good point
By YellowJacket90
November 6, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this
Wow…..that’s 20 minutes of my life that I’ll never get back. It surprises me how bitter UGA fans really are. Thanks for the nice article Mark. It is true, GT IS having the better season based on our schedules, etc. I for one am very proud and excited where our future is heading. Yes, we squeaked by a few teams, so did UGA. We also lost to some teams that we could’ve beaten. That’s how the ball bounces. We were handed a gift last week, but so did UGA against South Carolina. The biggest difference in our teams and schools is the ATTITUDES. There are morons on both sides of this argument. However, at the end of the day, our existence and happiness does not depend on football. You were big talkers last week to the UF fans. Boy you guys were shut up pretty fast. On the other hand, FSU was up on us early and we fought back. Tech is not the same team you have faced in the past. I don’t have a crystal ball to predict the future, but neither do you. I would be nervous too if I were you. You won’t admit it, but you are a little scared that Dwyer will run all over you in Athens. Till then……..THWG!
By jackets
November 6, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this
depotdawg, Hong Cong? Really? Learn to spell before you try and diss.
Man, you UGA fans keep digging yourselves deeper and deeper. Can’t spell worth a dime, and probably couldn’t even point out any of those places on a map. Go plow a field, shovel manure, or do something. Isn’t that what they teach you at UGA?
By Fred
November 6, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this
Let’s see
Tech has played 4 teams that have been in the top 25 at some point this year (which I’d say is a fair enough definition of a “wuality opponent” and is 3-1 in those games.
Georgia has played 7 sush games and is 5-2.
Tech win % in such games is 75% and Georgia’s is 71%.
There is no reason to think Tech couldn’t have beaten everybody on Georgia’s schedule with the possible exception of LSU.
Bottom line is exactly what Bradley is saying - for THIS SEASON ONLY - Tech’s should be rated a bigger success.
Now then for you Dawg fans that are totally stuck on “we’re better than you and the argument goes no further” - it sure takes a lot of balls to say that when your student body is 900% larger than Tech’s. That’s like saying take all 7 of your “student athletes” (ha ha) that were arrested this year, put them together, and then brag about how tough they are if they ganged up on one person they shared a cell with and kicked their butt.
How ‘bout another BLACK (eye) OUT??? Boy did that blow up in your face!
Moral of the story - just shut up, play ball and be loyal to your team (whoever it is) without having to bash others. I bet you are the same ones that are so “put off” by politicians running mud smearing campaigns. Look in the mirror!!
By WTF???
November 6, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this
HONG CONG!!!!
By Casey
November 6, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this
Yes, Georgia did get dismantled by both teams, but I wouldn’t necessarily call it a bad season. I knew Georgia wouldn’t go undefeated, and I personally thought 2 losses, but I had hoped for undefeated or one loss to possibly get into the National Championship game. That ain’t gonna happen now.
Tech had the privilege of the media slotting them right in front of Duke for cellar dweller of the conference, and the media had Georgia pegged as National Champs. Tech could only go up, and Georgia could only go down, with the whole country watching as them being #1. In that aspect, yes I would rather have Tech’s record, but both records have the same accolades. Both have beaten Top 20 teams, Georgia’s losses are better looking considering the opponents rankings, but yet Tech shot itself in the foot by losing off of turnovers. Tech still has the opportunity to be in the Championship game, and Georgia doesn’t, so I would take Tech’s, and that’s the only reason why, but a breakdown of both teams shows a stalemate in my eyes.
By tim
November 6, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this
not even close to the same…uga expects more than tech period. UGA fans and players are happy we ain’t tech. we’ll take this season as all seasons and records vs the nerds all day long.
By BE#3
November 6, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this
I think most realistic Georgia fans would be happy at this point in the season with 2 losses. Especially after the injuries to Sturdivant, Vance and Owens.
Yeah the #1 hype was nice and all that but playing Bama and LSU from the west is a huge disadvantage when it comes to the schedule. Even if LSU isn’t the top 10 team they usually are, they are still LSU and have a huge, physical line with very good speed. And then you throw UF in mix and most intelligent Dawg fans would say the Dawgs would’ve been lucky to win 2 of 3. 10-2 will still be a good season.
2009 has the potential to be special. Schedule sets up nice for Dawgs with a big game at Okie St. to open up and Carolina, LSU and Auburn at home. Dawgs have bye week before Cocktail Party and Gators travel to Starkville. Dawgs have Hogs, Vols, Vandy and Nerds on the road. If everyone stays healthy……….
Congrats Techies. I hope ya’ll are sitting at 9-2 just like the Dawgs come Nov. 29. Will make for a good game Between the Hedges. Ya’ll are having a great season but then again, it is the ACC. CPJ is doing a great job with the program but look for the Dawgs to make it 8 straight in a few weeks.
By Greg
November 6, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
To Jake about a hundred comments up: I’m a Tech fan (and a Tech grad). I was quoting someone else’s post in mine, unfortunately this bootleg comment system makes it hard to tell that.
I was pointing out the fact that UGA needed a goal line fumble vs. SC and a late 4th quarter defensive stand against Vandy for those two W’s, so pointing out that we needed a goal line fumble vs. FSU and a blocked FG vs. Gardner-Webb (which a ton of UGA fans have a hard time spelling apparently) is irrelevant.
Save the vitriol for someone else, dude.
By GT2002
November 6, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
Hey Bradley, if you had titled the article “Tech just as close to National Championship Game as UGA after 9 games” we would not have to waste our time reading the 70,987,580,253,898 blogs from UGA fans saying how their schedule is tougher and they are better. That will obviously be decided on the field in a few weeks. What kills me is how this GT team cannot even get a mention on the local am stations or in the national media when the game they play this week will most likely determine the Coastal Champion with both teams ranked in the top 20. If Tech wins their next 2 and UGA wins their next 2 and both teams are 9-2 who will be/should be ranked higher going into Nov. 29th? That would make for a nice Thanksgiving week no matter which side of the rivalry you are on.
By Brent
November 6, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
I’m a UGA graduate.
Clearly, Tech’s season has exceeded all expectations - Coach Johnson has done an excellent job to win the games they have thus far. Can you imagine what Tech could have done with Calvin Johnson under this coach?!
UGA’s team has done a good job, but has not exceeded expectations! GO DAWGS - finish strong!
By Reggie Ball
November 6, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this
GT Girl,
Are you hot? Do you shave your legs & your pits? I have had enough of hairly legged women…I prefer the smooth skin women who do not smell badly. Call me at 867-5309
By Natiiona-champ-imitator
November 6, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
You Techies need to stop drinking that hater-aid, always bringing up 1990, Colorado was the real champion and you know it. 1990 Colorado: AP, Berryman, DeVold, FACT, FB News, Football Research, FW, Matthews, National Championship Foundation, NFF, Sporting News, USA/CNN Georgia Tech: Dunkel, FACT, National Championship Foundation, UPI Miami (Fla.): Billingsley, Eck, FACT, NY Times, Sagarin Washington: FACT
By Jake
November 6, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
Greg, sorry about that previous post. Hopefully some UGA fan read it anyway, because it was a pretty good post.
By DecaturJacket
November 6, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this
Hey TuckFech, I thought you had the strangest name. Then I realized: you replaced the first letter of the word “Tech” (T) with the first letter of a popular oath. You then placed the curse word at the end, only you replaced the usual beginning letter with the T you took out of “Tech!” You so crazy! I’ll bet you are a hit at parties because you’re not afraid to “go there” with your sense of humor.
By Tech Fans=Total Joke
November 6, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this
The following sums up every single argument ever had between a Tech fan and a Georgia fan.
Tech fan: “Hahahahaha, Georgia lost to insert team not called Georgia Tech here. Georgia is overrated and really really sucks.”
Georgia fan: “7 in a row.”
Tech fan: “We won a national championship 18 years ago. Therefore we rock and UGA sucks.”
Georgia fan: “7 in a row.”
Tech fan: “Georgia fans are stupid rednecks that don’t live in reality.”
Georgia fan: “7 in a row.”
Tech fan: “I make more money than you and therefore I am better than you. I’m good enough, smart enough, and doggonit people like me.”
Georgia fan: “7 in a row”
Tech fan: “You are sub-human trailer trash. I hate you and everything you stand for.”
Georgia fan: “7 in a row.”
Tech fan: “That’s it. I’m calling my mommy!!!”
Same ole same ole. Nothing changes with these clowns. Its the same damn thing year after year after year after year after year…………..
By Pi$$onaDAWG
November 6, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
I just awakened and it is 2009. A black man is in the White House. I was sure the WORLD had CHANGED, until I heard “WAIT TIL NEXT YEAR” from a UGA FAN.
By ga_tech_92
November 6, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this
Dawgs should win big just based on talent, but the Jackets have a punchers chance because of their heart.
If the question of the blog is which season is more impressive, then it’s clearly the Jackets, because they have already over achieved expectations…where-as the Dawgs, while probably better on paper, have underachieved expectations.
Go Jackets.
(what’s the good word?)
THWG!!!
By Doug
November 6, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
It is all about expectations. It would seem UGA is the most disapointing because of the starting expectations…No 1 in the country. One can only go down from there. Tech, on the other hand, was supposed to be mediocre with a new coach and offense on hand. So, it would seem Tech has had the better season since they are better than expected!
By YellowJacket90
November 6, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
That argument about the split NC in 1990 is hilarious. You UGA fans know that you would give up your one remaining testicle if that would have been you in 1990. So if we reversed places, you would concede that you didn’t deserve the NC? Funny stuff…..you guys crack me up. WE were the NC in 1990, get over it. 4-1 THWG
By Go Tech
November 6, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this
Statham Dawg - No matter what, UGA will still be the dumb hillbillies that they have always been. In the future 99% of UGA grads end up being employed by Tech grads. And the reason we play in front of “high school crowds” is because we don’t let everyone in who has an SAT score over 200.
By Dawg hatin' Jacket
November 6, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this
BR,
Corso and Herbstreet are full of cr*p. The ACC is 3-3 against the SEC this year. The bottom 7 teams of the SEC are bad to mediocre at best. The ACC has had the most draft picks over the last three years than ANY conference, including the mighty SEC. So the SEC is not as great as you dreamers pretent. Get past the two top-tier teams (UGag NOT being one of them) and you are AVERAGE.
One reason the ACC doesn’t have any higher ranked teams is that there are 5 or 6 pretty decent teams that beat up on each other. I’d rather be beating good teams than mediocre ones.
BTW, D.Ellis, take away one of UGAg’s cheap-o win and YOU are also 6-2.
By BIGBEE
November 6, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
Hey BURNING RED, WE LEFT FOOTBALL TO YOU AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED. gOT YOUR a$% KICKED. lISTEN UP tECH PEOPLE, COOL IT. dON’T GIVE THEM ANY GUNPOWDER. tHEY MIGHT HURT THEMSELVES.
By dawgmaniac
November 6, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this
The dawgs will beat Ga Tech like a drum. They play in a weak, patsy conference with no good teams. UGA would go undefeated every year in the ACC—what a joke! UGA is probably one of the top 5 teams in the country, but got hosed by the refs in both losses to bama and florida. Except for those 4 turnovers, UGA outplayed UF all day. UGA will beat tech easy—don’t worry.
By Paddy
November 6, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
BURNING RED….if that is the best you have please don’t tell anyone where you went to college. WOW that was sad.
By Mark Bradley
November 6, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this
I can’t speak for all college football blogs, but I’m pretty sure the record number of posts for one of mine was 1,008 after the final BCS standings were announced last December. Second on the list, with 873 posts, was my ranking of obnoxious SEC fans.
By JWright
November 6, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this
a word for Richt, the chickens are coming to roost and they are bringing the bees with them last game in Athens, GO JACKETS
By RAMDAWG
November 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this
HEY TECHIES-YOUR GOING ON YOUR 8TH BEATING IN A ROW AND YOUR TALKING SMACK-WHO LOOKS STUPID NOW??????
By JWright
November 6, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this
a word for Richt, the chickens are coming to roost and they are bringing the bees with them last game in Athens, GO JACKETS
By jeremiahwright
November 6, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this
a word for Richt, the chickens are coming to roost and they are bringing the bees with them last game in Athens, GO JACKETS
By Jessica
November 6, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this
hey dawgmaniac,
if uga was in the top 5 in the country…dont you think they would have beaten alabama when they were #8 and florida when they were #8 when uga actually WAS ranked in the top 5?
anyone can blame the refs all they want, but you didnt just lose, you got DEMOLISHED. lost by 60 points between the 2 of those games…thats not something the ref made happen.
oh wait, i forgot…you dont have to be able to do basic math at uga.
By GThugs
November 6, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this
7 in a row
By JDW
November 6, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this
Rather be Tech? You must be joking. Why would we welcome low expecations. When we are happy with 7-2 we will be just like Tech. We are not and will never be happy with 7-2. We will always strive to be the best and that is not 7-2. Let Tech be happy with the occasional year that they can climb into the top 20. We have other goals in mind.
By Emily Schumacher
November 6, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this
This is a joke - there is no way that you can compare Tech’s season to Georgia’s. That’s nice that Tech has lost the same number of games, but who did they lose to? Not top ten teams like Georgia (Alabama is now ranked number one and Florida is in the top five). I would LOVE to see how Georgia Tech would fair against either of those teams - I would put money that they would get embarrassed even more so than Georgia did. And for the last seven years, I would rather have been Georgia since they’ve won - not Tech. And even though Georgia will most like end up 11-2 again this season, I’m pretty sure that’s NOT a failure. A failure would be Tech having a worse record playing a MUCH easier schedule.
By JimC
November 6, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this
Hey, RAMDAWG - Do you visit UGAy players in prison on visiting day? HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!
By ga_tech_92
November 6, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this
The question of the blog isn’t “will uga beat tech this year”…the question of the blog is “which season is more impressive”. Saying uga will be tech is like saying your big brother will beat up my little brother….DUH uga is a football factory…but keep up the smart mouth…little brother will smack you in the nose one of these days. You guys kill me, taunting and braging about beating up on the underdog all the time.
By KJ
November 6, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
I’ve had more fun with UGA girls than you have, guaranteed. You are probably one of those UGA students who sits in the corner during frat parties while I, a non UGA student, came and had fun, all while being on my way to making millions.
Lies make baby Jesus cry.
BTW, feeling up a forest witch with your dragon sword in WoW doesn’t count as scoring. Hope this helps.
By just wondering
November 6, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this
How many dawgs are going to the NFL draft? How many in the top 10?
By FinanceBuzz
November 6, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this
Hey Tech Fans=Total Joke, apparently your frustrations are borne of the inability to form a cogent thorough based on your apparent need to repeat the same irrelevant phrase. FSU had won a lot more in a row than UGA and it didn’t mean diddly last week. Besides, you know as well as I do that that streak was really built against Chan and Chan is gone. Paul Johnson is no Chan and your previous streak is meaningless. Yeah, you may win this year, but I think it is a safe bet that you will not win another seven in a row over CPJ. I know and whether you want to admit it, you know it. Your best hope now is that we cannot hold onto him in a few years if he has the kind of success he is hinting at now.
And since that is every discussion you have had with a Tech fan, what are you gonna do come November 30 if that phrase is even less relevant than it already is?
By Papa
November 6, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this
Nothing like clean, old-fashio hate, eh, boys?
By FinanceBuzz
November 6, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this
Dawgmaniac, any credibility you had disaapeared when you tried to claim that you lost to Florida because of….the REFS???? The refs cause you to lose 17-10, not 49-10. Face it…you got BEAT DOWN.
By KJ
November 6, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this
Go plow a field, shovel manure, or do something. Isn’t that what they teach you at UGA?
When it comes to “shoveling manure”, you gnats have the PhD in that field of study, to be sure.
By falcondog
November 6, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this
GA Tech 10 Gardner Webb 7. No team in the ACC ranked above 19th—no team in the ACC could win the SEC East or West. Georgia, even with 2 blow out loses, is the better 7-2 at this point. But I guess they can decide that in Athens on the field.
By falcondog
November 6, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
GA Tech 10 Gardner Webb 7. No team in the ACC ranked above 19th—Is the ACC a BCS Confernce?——no team in the ACC could win the SEC East or West. Georgia, even with 2 blow out loses, is the better 7-2 at this point. But I guess they can decide that in Athens on the field.
By some jackass with internet access
November 6, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this
the problem with being preseason #1 is that everybody looks at what’s wrong with at a team and not what is right…Georgia did not deserve to be #1 anymore than Hawaii deserved to be in a BCS bowl last year… Georgia was over rated-they had no offensive line and have been plagued with injuries- But the line is getting better-Ben Jones will eventually be an All American- Georgia is a good team-are they better than Alabama or Florida? No, but not many teams are (if any) Don’t give up on the Dawgs- They are on the rise…
By FinanceBuzz
November 6, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this
To Emily Schumacher, this is a nonsensical statement: A failure would be Tech having a worse record playing a MUCH easier schedule. You have ot consider who did what. The schedule may be easier, but that is going to moderate a bit because our final three opponents are all in the Sagarin Top 19 while two of your last three are 47 and 69. If all else were equal, then the record alone would tell us something. However, there are more variables like WHO played in those games. UGA was LOADED coming into this season with the Greatest Quarterback in the History of Football (TM) and the Greatest Runningback since Herschel (TM) on your roster (never mind that it is not clear that Knowshon is even the best back in the state). We came in with a QB who had never started and never really done much but come in and run. We had a first year starter at RB. We had a patchwork offensive line who was learning a very new blocking system. Also, the offense learned a new and drastically different system. We had the usual disadvantage of a coaching change and we are ridiculously young. UGA had, in addition to their two alleged megastar players, a very stable coaching staff, much higher rated recruits and more experience. When you factor those considerations in, all of sudden record against a weaker/stronger schedule does not tell the entire story. An objective eye would tell you that Tech has overachieved (and I was a bit of a doubter) and UGA has underachieved. UGA is still a strong team - too much talent to not be. However, when you do a thorough analysis and consider all the variables at play, your conclusion based on a simplistic comparison of a single factor makes no sense.
Oh and for the record who might have even a more impressive year than either Tech or UGA? Duke. From a horrid program of a decade not just losing to a rival but losing in general to 4-4 with a shot for a bowl AND according to Sagarin against the second hardest schedule in the nation. All those variables again!
By RAMDAWG
November 6, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this
TECHIES-FOOTBALL LESSON NO.1-WE RECRUIT PLAYERS WANTED BY FLA ALA LSU SO CAL AND TEXAS-YOU RECRUIT PLAYERS WANTED BY W.KENTUCKY AND UAB.THAT IS ONE REASON YOU WILL GET A TERRIBLE BEATING IN 4 WKS.
By GTYJ
November 6, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this
Seriously, when was the last time the UGA football team had more wins than arrests.
By Darth Gator
November 6, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this
NEWS FLASH: This just in, Florida just scored again. It seems to this reporter that Georgia just can’t stop them.
By a little respect
November 6, 2008 7:09 PM | Link to this
Mark, thanks for giving the jackets some respect. Last week, your compatriots Schultz and Barnhart gave us the ultimate dis - picking against us even tho we were FAVORED to win by 2 1/2! What hometown paper in their right mind would do that to the local team? Does AJC have so much subscriber growth that they can absorb further Tech attrition from continually being dissed?
By still wondering
November 6, 2008 7:11 PM | Link to this
How many dawgs are going to the NFL draft? How many in the top 10?
Also, outside of Georgia, how prestigious is a degree from UGA?
By GT JOE
November 6, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this
GAMECAST: stafford picked off again and dwyer just went untouched again
why are we arguing this anyways i mean we play in 3 weeks lol
stafford is the next ryan leaf except the fact that he wasnt good in college.
Just a question why is mark richt considered such a great coach when they have got blown out twice, and are supposidely loaded. As apposed to CPJ who took a bunch of guys that no one else outside of the state of georgia knew and has the same record. No question to me whose the better coach.
Watch UGA fire richt in 5 years like fulmer and come after CPJ and have all of the UGA fans saying that hes such a great coach and then he’ll say TO HELL WITH GEORGIA and UGA fans will then say “he’s a shi* coach” now thats what i would pay to see
By FinanceBuzz
November 6, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this
RAMDAWG, countering UGA fantasy could be a full time if it just paid something!
Morgan Burnett - Recruited by UGA, Bama, Auburn, VT, USC, and UT Derrick Morgan - Recruited by Penn State and Ohio State Josh Nesbitt - Recruited by UGA, Auburn and Florida State Jonathan Dwyer - Recruited by UGA, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, and UGA (Maybe you should have gotten the Diesel instead of Knowshon “Two Plays and time to take myself out” Moreno Nick Claytor - Recruited by Auburn, Florida State, LSU, Notre Dame, and Ohio State Roddy Jones - Recruited by Clemson, Florida, and UGA Kyle Jackson - Recruited by Alabama, Clemson, and Florida Mario Butler - Recruited by Clemson, Ohio State, and VT Brad Jefferson - Recruited by Clemson, Florida, and UGA
Oh yeah…and there was this other guy who UGA wanted but Tech got…what was his name….tall guy…Spiderman catches…oh yeah…CALVIN JOHNSON.
(And please spare me the sour grapes “Well, we did not really want those guys!” line.)
By Tohellwithgeorgia
November 6, 2008 7:20 PM | Link to this
Haha, its funny to shove a stick up a dog’s rear and see them try to get it out.
Let’s recap UGA’s hopes: Nat’l Champs, ok, well then maybe SEC Champs, ok, well then maybe beating Tech.
That’s goal is gonna fall apart just like all the other ones.
GO JACKETS! TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
By Tohellwithgeorgia
November 6, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this
Haha, its funny to shove a stick up a dog’s rear and see them try to get it out.
Let’s recap UGA’s hopes: Nat’l Champs, ok, well then maybe SEC Champs, ok, well then maybe beating Tech.
That last goal is gonna fall apart just like all the other ones.
GO JACKETS and TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
By Tohellwithgeorgia
November 6, 2008 7:22 PM | Link to this
Haha, its funny to shove a stick up a dog’s rear and see it try to get it out.
Let’s recap UGA’s hopes: Nat’l Champs, ok, well then maybe SEC Champs, ok, well then maybe beating Tech.
That last goal is gonna fall apart just like all the other ones.
GO JACKETS and TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
By OldTimer
November 6, 2008 7:31 PM | Link to this
I think my season was better than either. I’ve nailed 8 out of my top 10 this year at the old folks home. This place is looking up.
By JimC
November 6, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this
I think heeldawg is the wordiest UGAy fan I’ve ever heard. So much quantity, so little substance!
By Rod
November 6, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this
After the election results, losing to Tech might not be the WORST thing to happen to us this year..
By GA season in the tank
November 6, 2008 7:36 PM | Link to this
Paul Johnson is the new man in town and hes running for dogcatcher.Hes here to put you puppies back in the pin for years to come.Nov 29 GT 34 GA 10 and look for no-show to take himself out of the game.IT don’t matter what GA has done this season they will take another beat down in Athens and get a bid from the Idaho blue bowl.Its your turn mutts.
By FinanceBuzz
November 6, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this
GT Joe, I concluded after Bama this year that Mark Richt is their Chan Gailey. He manages to get them blown at least once every year or two. This year he redoubled his efforts and has two blowout defeats under his belt already!
By Tokyo jacket
November 6, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this
Simply, Tech is having the better season but UGA is more talented. Tech is beating all expectations while UGA is just getting BEAT down in the “must” games. Please don’t take this as a GT guy talking smack. I long for the day where UGA vs GT is on Gameday because we’ve alredy got 20 wins between us. Like UGA fans, I expect UGA to outperform Tech. That’s what makes this year such a surprise. I knew Tech would be a solid team in time due to Johnson’s work ethic rubbing off, but I didn’t know it would be this soon.
A lot of UGA fans think of Tech as a “loosing school” because they’re not remembering Ross and O’Leary; they only think Gailey. Things to keep in mind: GT has 4 national championships; GT is used to succeeding at everything it does, it’s the mindset of the entire school (this is why Braine and Gailey are gone); there are two major CFB awards named after Tech coaches/ADs, how many are named after UGA coaches? Bottom line, Tech was in a rutt for a while and appears to be coming out of the rutt. Tech will have similar expectations to UGA next year; get to a BCS bowl.
As for quality of recruits, Tech has been turning out it’s share of NFL players lately so I don’t worry about that too much. But what impresses me about the folks we’re getting now, is that 90% of them have “toughness/tenacity” listed as their strengths. If you get a three-star with tenacity and redshirt him, he’ll be playing like a four or five-star by the time he’s a senior. Reference Tech linebackers and safeties in the NFL right now.
One last thing about the mighty SEC and the poor sister ACC. The SEC is losing a lot of star power this year, a LOT. The ACC hardly graduates anyone, except for three or four first rounders. Look for the ACC to win the three major ACC/SEC games next year (Clemson, FSU, GT).
By TomT
November 6, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this
Mark - Lighten up, I agree that the Dawgs have not played to their potential, but they have a very young Off. Line and a lot of underclassmen. Lets wait and see after GA and Tech play for this to be an appropriate article. Right idea, bad timing, but I would not expect anything less of you.
By KJ
November 6, 2008 7:53 PM | Link to this
Also, outside of Georgia, how prestigious is a degree from UGA?
Well, considering UGA is ranked 20th nationally academically among public universities, I’d say “much more than your associate’s degree from Chattahoochee Tech”. Hope this helps.
I think heeldawg is the wordiest UGAy fan I’ve ever heard. So much quantity, so little substance!
Yeah, all those facts and reasonable opinions really detract from the “LOL UGAY SUXORS” posts.
By RAMBLE ON!!!
November 6, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this
TIME-OUT!!!!!!! Urban Meyer, you have one more remaining.
By still wondering
November 6, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this
“Well, considering UGA is ranked 20th nationally academically among public universities, I’d say “much more than your associate’s degree from Chattahoochee Tech”. “
If your source is US News and World Report, Ga Tech is ranked 7th in the same list.
By techie
November 6, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this
uga has more talent than gt at the moment,but that will change in a few years. tech plays with heart and intensity, uga does not. you guys have a terrible defense. fsu had the # 3 total defense and gave up 2.7 on the ground all season and tech dominated the line and ran all over the noles! NEWS ALERT TO DOG FANS! your defense is terrible and if you dont get better, tech will hand out the arse whoopin in athens! the big pass play will be there when tech needs it like it has done in every game. you guys will not stop the option spread because your defense can’t stop a potent offense. i believe uga would not even be in top 3 in acc. have fun throwing stuff at your tv pupp fans, cause it will be the nesbitt and dwyer show in athens! jackets will have toughest game yet at nc and im very concerned about this game. davis and saban are the nations best coaches! win or lose at nc, tech will get it done against miami and beat uga in athens. paul johnson is no chan gailey.
go jackets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!By Reality Check
November 6, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this
When you’re used to 6-6, 7-2 is very exciting! When you’re used to 10-2, 7-2 is a little disappointing. When a loser sniffs mediocrity, he gets happy.
By RAMDAWG
November 6, 2008 8:30 P