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By Law Dawg

November 23, 2005 04:08 PM | Link to this

The fact that UGA usually beats tech does not make the game any less of a rivalry in my book. Yes, it would make the game more exciting if Georgia had a greater chance of losing year in and year out. But the fact is, UGA is just a better progaram, with better coaches, better players, and higher expectations. However, the rivlalry remains. UGA and tech fans see each other everyday, they work with each other, and in some cases they’re even family. Win one game, and your team has bragging rights for an entire year. And this isn’t just bragging rights over someone you will see every now and then. This is bragging rights over the people you see every day. To me, that makes this game pretty important and worthy of the title “rivalry”. See everyone on the Flats this saturday, go DAWGS!

By George

November 23, 2005 04:22 PM | Link to this

I’m just wondering how may true rivlaries there are in the U.S.? If your definition of a rivalry is that the series must be close, I doubt that there are that many among the big Division I teams. I think a rivarly is better defined by the feelings one team and their fan base have for the other. I also think that schools within the same state are generally rivals despite the record of the series. That may not always be the case (Tennessee/Vanderbilt for example), but I still think of Tech/Georgia as a rivalry.

By lawton

November 23, 2005 04:39 PM | Link to this

Im a african american, and its true that a lot of people down here in the good ole south dont like the fact that a black man has a column in this paper. aside from taking up for terrance in that regard, terrence is on some serious hater gade when it comes to georgia sports, pro or college. i get tired of your notre dame, san fransico crap and talking about the teams in a hater gade fashion. in fact, everywhere you go in atlanta, whether its to a club or on your job, a person not from atlanta is gonna let you know, ESPECIALLY if they from New York. go back home, stop hating on the (used to be clean air) decent home prices, overall good place to raise children, stop hating and go back home.

By elihuspeaks

November 23, 2005 04:48 PM | Link to this

Terence is obviously not originally from Georgia. He constantly carries a Northeastern bias unless he can hop on a local bandwagon for a short trip. Anyone who has ventured outside of I-285 can tell you what a huge rivalry this is.

By GLB

November 23, 2005 05:03 PM | Link to this

Terence, why don’t you come up to Tech’s campus this weeekend and decide then whether or not this is a rivalry!

By murph

November 23, 2005 05:12 PM | Link to this

What in the heck are you rambling about. Just cause you don’t appreciate the fact that this game is a big time rivalry doesn’t make it not one. This his the 81st year in a row that they’ve played, thats a pretty long time. “Clean old-fashioned Hate” is then name of the “rivalry”. You might know that if you ever attended a game, you goof.

By Hairy Dawg

November 23, 2005 05:16 PM | Link to this

Terence, was Michigan-Ohio State a rivalry when John Cooper led the Buckeyes to a 2-10-1 record during his tenure?

By CW

November 23, 2005 05:20 PM | Link to this

Lawton, nice post, I think you’ve got Terrence pretty well figured out. Just add “muckracker” in there with hater.

T-man, this is a pretty sorry excuse for getting people riled up. I believe your colleague Mr. Barnhart is the college football guru at the AJC and he has already weighed in on the subject with a much better definition of rivalry.

By Marvin Claborn Jr.

November 23, 2005 06:38 PM | Link to this

Way to go Terence, that’l get the comments comin in. Yea buddy. Keep up the good work.

By Clete

November 23, 2005 06:45 PM | Link to this

I can’t stop laughing……… Someone who is not a “real” sports journalist saying Tech and UGA is not a “real” rivalry. Oh the irony………….Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha…

By Oren

November 23, 2005 06:50 PM | Link to this

Terence does nothing in this “column” to deserve the title of “columnist”. I would think a major newspaper would require more of its journalists than just starting arguments by making shallow, ridiculous statements about hot topics. Any middle-schooler could have come up with deeper thoughts. Wonder how he keeps his job…?

By Oren

November 23, 2005 06:56 PM | Link to this

I know how he keeps his job…the AJC can price the ads on these pages based on how much traffic they generate…hence a shallow argument can generate more revenue than an intelligent discourse with thoughtful responses.

By Ralph

November 23, 2005 08:22 PM | Link to this

To Lawn Mutt and Terrence,

Yes indeed, you are both right.

Muttland is the Big State School. We understand and accept that. But Tech is a much better school.

Muttland has a bigger stadium. We understand and accept that. But in this case, bigger is not better. I have been to the Cesspool of the South in Clarke County on three occasions and this last time, I realized how terrible the seats were. At Tech, the cozy atmosphere and setting allows everyone to be into the game. It’s now a much better place and atmosphere to watch a football game.

Muttland has more fans. We understand and accept that. But in this case, it’s quality over quantity. Even Lewis Grizzard took note of the mentality of the Muttlanders.

And finally, we realize the ball and fate has bounced more towards Muttland than for the Jackets since Bobby Dodd left. But this year, Tech is the better team.

Tech has played the tougher schedule. Up to this point, Tech will be the best team Muttland has faced. And in the case of Auburn, Tech punked Auburn at Jordan-Hare.

The Bottom Line: Tech is the better team. It’s time. Tech wins.

By Mr. T

November 23, 2005 08:29 PM | Link to this

Terence Moore is the Stephen A. Smith of the AJC. He will say anything to draw attention, and try to label it news. Remember the “Falcons might go after T.O.” column?

Seriously, I can’t be mad at you Terence. I wish I could get paid to say every stupid thing that comes to my mind.

You also managed to bring Jackets and Dawgs together in sharing the opinion that you are an idiot.

Rivalries are not measured by points or records… real football fans know this. Rivalries are measured by the fans’ response and the build up to the game. True fans would never let some hack of a columnist tell us what is and is not a real rivalry.

Those of us that bleed blue and gold or black and red know the difference.

And as Donald Trump would say… Terence, YOU’RE FIRED!!!

By Rico

November 23, 2005 08:30 PM | Link to this

Nice! Terence…Screw you!

By Robert

November 23, 2005 08:31 PM | Link to this

Why does the AJC allow such garbage?

By SEC East is a joke!

November 23, 2005 08:38 PM | Link to this

Terence Moore’s column…YAWN.

By yousuck

November 23, 2005 08:55 PM | Link to this

Another stupid column by the stupid n****.

By ron

November 23, 2005 08:56 PM | Link to this

Terrence Moore vs. Intelligent Writing

Yawn

By Mark Donovan

November 23, 2005 09:05 PM | Link to this

Georgia - Georgia Tech is more of a rivalry than Terence Moore is a sports columnist. I get tired of his lazy, half baked observations every day. He is much better suited for having some geeky homepage on the internet than being a columnist for a major American newspaper.

By 4naRow

November 23, 2005 09:10 PM | Link to this

lawton,funny how you blame people’s feelings toward Terrence as a black/white thing, then blast his style yourself. The only time I’ve seen people talk about Terrence being black is usually after Terrence makes some racist comment about how someone got cheated, treated differently, blah,blah,blah because they’re black. The faster guys like you and Terrence wake up and look around at how good we as American’s have it, the faster we’ll all ‘gell’. The faster people like Terrence realizes that everything negative happens isn’t because they’re black, the faster we can all be just ‘American’s’, not ‘Afican Americans’, not ‘white American’s’, or whatever. True that there’s still racism that goes on, it only gets fueled by people like Terrence. Atlanta’s not a minority city if you happen to be black. It May be in the ‘ole south’ but it’s pretty close to 50/50. Black Mayor, every other street named after a black person. Even renamed the airport. So go somewhere else w/ all of the black/white stuff.

By Josh

November 23, 2005 09:14 PM | Link to this

It’s hard to see a rivalry when you’re looking from the outside. When you are a part of it and have to deal with the enemy on a daily basis, you really understand how much of a rivalry this is. Terence is just a little out of touch with his own city. If Tech beats U(sic)GA Saturday night, he will be able to see how much of a rivalry this is by reading the p’ed off columns in his own paper.

By Terrence

November 23, 2005 09:14 PM | Link to this

Terence:

I agree with Lawton and I’m glad you got yousuck to say the “N� word (your obvious goal as a sports journalist). I too am a black man that has lived in Atlanta for his entire life (52 years).

I have one thing to say to you. You give black people a bad name.

Terrence

By AfroMan

November 23, 2005 09:14 PM | Link to this

You’re right T. To say UGA is worried about Tech is like saying whites are worried about blacks. It’s a wanna be rivalvry that never was and never will be.

By chris

November 23, 2005 09:16 PM | Link to this

This column should be deleted for its stupidity. Terrance Moore is hands down an idiot.

By kman81

November 23, 2005 09:29 PM | Link to this

Terence, it’s basketball season. Shouldn’t you be writing about the time that Bobby Knight once called you years ago since that is the highlight of your life?

By Brian

November 23, 2005 09:32 PM | Link to this

I guess when your circulation is down as bad as the AJC, they force you to writes stupid, nonsense columns to try and stir interest.

By Archi-Tech

November 23, 2005 09:34 PM | Link to this

Funny how this article is one of few things that’s united Tech and GA grads! We look forward to this game every year. True, GA usually wins, but it’s more than a football rivalry, it’s a culture; whether you’re a Tech or GA student/grad/fan.

Besides if Tech does lose, there’s always basketball and SAT scores, baby.

By Bryan G.

November 23, 2005 09:43 PM | Link to this

“Archi-Tech”…you’re right. You guys do have SAT scores and basketball. Too bad you don’t know how to talk to women and are socially awkward. I’ll take that and good football over nerdyness anyday.

By vetteDAWG

November 23, 2005 09:50 PM | Link to this

Terence Moore , everyone knows is a racist idiot. He gets paid to write columns to get people to do just what we are doing - react to them & comment. I never read his column in the paper but I had to check this one out on-line.Just proves my point. Terence . why don’t you go back up to the Chicago area & write every column about your beloved ” FIGHTING IRISH ” who by the way fired a african american coach 2 years after he started out 7 - 0. But, yet give a WHITE coach a 10 year contract when he is 5 - 2. Didn’t here you whinning about that. What’s Up ??? maybe you did, like I said I don’t read his column.

This IS a rivalry @ the highest level even though the DAWGS do win about 75 % of the time.But the few & far between times the jackets do upset us , I have to here about it for the next 365 days. EXAMPLE - 2 years ago when the tech basketball team got (lucky)hot & made it to the NCAA finals. All I had to say was BUT the DAWGS WHIPPED your BUTTS this year. All my tech friends heads would just about explode. The DAWGS don’t like tech & tech don’t like the DAWGS. Terence it’s called ” GOOD OLD FASHION HATE”

By I hate UGA

November 23, 2005 10:35 PM | Link to this

Bryan G. - Socially awkward? That sounds like a stupid generalization that T. Moore would make. If Tech people are so socially awkward, then why do so many of your UGA chicks [sic] roll down to Atlanta every weekend looking for husbands? It must be that Tech guys have more to offer socially and financially than a trailer in Gwinnett County, a Chevy Pickup on an 84 mo. payment plan, and the occasional new pair of Wranglers.

By Bird Dawg

November 23, 2005 10:38 PM | Link to this

Terence, I never read your articles, but I checked this one out just because of the heading on the blog. I just knew that somehow race would be an issue. Boy! Was I wrong! The only thing I was right about was you’re still an idiot. Why would local radio sports talk stations pay you to come on the air ( which they don’t, which everyone knows you demand) to listen to your idiotic ramblings. If ESPN had you on more, I would probably never watch. When you are on I switch channels. You know nothing about nothing, especially the intensity of this game. Go get a job shining shoes.

By Bird Dawg

November 23, 2005 10:47 PM | Link to this

Also, you wouldn’t know a rivalry if it bit or stung you on the a*.

By Wes Haun

November 23, 2005 11:32 PM | Link to this

Ouch!! Any idiot knows that the in-state schools in any state are rivals!! Get a clue.

By USAFCCF

November 23, 2005 11:40 PM | Link to this

Mr Moore, You are an ignorant person.Where did you grow up? Not here I’llbet. UGA vs GT is A RIVALRY. It always has been andalways will. Longafter youhave finally left the state.

By GTDave

November 23, 2005 11:41 PM | Link to this

Terrence; You might consider seeing if the paper could use you for the society section or maybe to help write the obituaries. I go on the blogs and throw out some crap for UGA fans to stir the pot. It is fun. However, I don’t make my living as a “journalist.” If your article is meant to be comedy, I must admit that I don’t completely understand what your job parameters are. Other columnists write things that are funny but they are obviously written that way. My perplexion comes from the fact that it appears you are being serious. If you are not, my apologies for not being quicker to see where you were coming from. If you are serious, you need to make a career change because you don’t have a clue. Is it bigger than Alabama/Auburn? No. Will I be wearing out all of my UGA “friends” for the next year when we win? You bet. It is most definitely a rivalry.

By Bryan G.

November 23, 2005 11:44 PM | Link to this

aww…Mr. I hate UGA is so cute. Sounds like someone has a napoleon complex. I think that’s adorable. Seriously, I’m sorry that you don’t know how to talk to girls. I hope that you find a way, though, seriously. Say hello to your hand cream for me, big man.

By GT Dave

November 23, 2005 11:53 PM | Link to this

Bryan G; You seem to be knowledgeable on the hand cream thing. Giving advice based on experience?

By Mony

November 24, 2005 12:13 AM | Link to this

Alabama and Auburn, now that’s a rivalry. Makes this Tech/UGA thing look like a kindergarten fight, so Mr. Moore is probably right.

By LongLiveTheWreck

November 24, 2005 12:17 AM | Link to this

I guess this idiot can have fun watching ND-Stanford while us Georgians enjoy OUR RIVALRY. Its a sad day when you have managed to unite Jackets and Bulldogs.

By Bryan G.

November 24, 2005 12:26 AM | Link to this

GT Dave…is that seriously the best you can come back with? Weak.

By Zach

November 24, 2005 12:38 AM | Link to this

Yeah im from south georgia, and the smack talking has already begun….You think this isnt a rivalry? Get a grip…Your about as lame as FDR’s legs. You and the other UGAG columnist need to take a hike. You dont see the UF fans talking smack when your at college. You see UGA and GT fans. Get some southern intelligence man. Thats the problem with Atlanta, too many people who always crap on the Jackets. I dont know about you but I was pumped when we beat Miami. No one says we can do anything, and then we prove you wrong. The reason we dont start talking smack until the game is over is because we have been down to the cellar and know what its like. So when we do win we talk all the smack we want. Were not like UGA fans (which I went to a game last year with a lady friend of mine and we were both heckled when we didnt have on the red colors or even for that matter the opposistions colors. And it smells like alcohol all over the place. Definately not a family atmosphere), So UGA fans talk a big talk before the game and if they lose watch out cause here come the excuses. Momma always said when your point your finger you got your own 3 fingers pointin back at you…So yeah im hoping Tech wins so all the UGA people can finally say we screwed up!

By kennyb

November 24, 2005 12:51 AM | Link to this

Congratulations Terrance, you further cemented your position as the AJC’s nonsense writing, substance lacking, ” this is so idiotic, I can’t believe I read it” columnist. You play the role well! Perhaps your next career move should be to try your hand at intelligent, thought-provoking writing.

By 00 Dawg

November 24, 2005 12:51 AM | Link to this

Georgia-Georgia Tech “isn’t a rivalry?” Instead, it’s a “cute matchup?”

Ridiculous. Terence Moore, you are the blindest sports columnist currently collecting a paycheck.

What defines a college football rivalry is primarily pure hatred, coupled with a healthy dose of history. Our rivalry has both. There is NO ONE Tech “people” [sic] hate more than Georgia, and those Georgia fans old enough to remember even the 1980’s know the importance of beating Tech.

As another poster noted, by Moore’s standards, there can’t be more than a handful of “real” rivalries in the nation. There are a lot of “cute matchups,” though — battles for bragging rights between in-state schools, historical adversaries, and (for brief stretches of time, in each series) title contenders.

Open your eyes, Terence. There isn’t a more bitter rivalry in the nation than Georgia-Georgia Tech.

By Jill

November 24, 2005 12:56 AM | Link to this

Wow, I can’t believe there’s racism stemming from a column, no matter how trivial it is!!! CHILL OUT AND JUST ENJOY THE GAME, Y’ALL!

PS: Go Jackets. :)

By Paul

November 24, 2005 01:11 AM | Link to this

Terrance,

Did you go to a school who had a close rival?

Did the rivalry for the current year’s game have anything to do with what happened the year before?

I normally like ur stuff but that was pretty dumb. You are the only person in the SE that doesn’t think GT-UGA is a rivalry.

SO, I have to conclude you are being a shock jock…

poor.

By m. thomas

November 24, 2005 01:17 AM | Link to this

bird dawg what type of racist sh*t is that go get a job shining shoes r u implying that black people have jobs like this. i dont agree with what was said in the article but u of all people can’t call anybody a racist.

By Matt

November 24, 2005 01:18 AM | Link to this

Oh what a surprise that Terrance Moore says that this isn’t a rivalry. Well then I guess it’s not…. I’d expect this from ESPN, the network that will overlook Georgia/Atlanta teams at any cost, or from some idiot northerner that thinks the Big Ten actually has 10 teams, but from an Atlanta writer???? Dawgs-JAckets is a classic, two storied teams facing off in an annual rivalry contest. The Classic Ciy vs The Ramblin’ Wreck… the two orginal Varsity locations, the Arches, Old Gold, and of course…. a DAWGS VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!

By GT CALI

November 24, 2005 01:47 AM | Link to this

IS this guy kidding? Not a RIVALRY? Tell that to the writer’s of Tech’s fight song where the “To Hell With Georgia” is proclaimed EVEN when they’re not playing UGA. Yeah Tech has lost it’s share of games recently and the record is in UGA’s favor, but would you discount Michigan-Ohio State(57-38-6) as a rivalry? Notre Dame-USC(42-29-5)? UCLA-USC(40-27-7)? Texas-Oklahoma(55-39-5)?

Go to a game, get to know a Tech/UGA fan… let them tell you.

I Hate UGA. To Hell With Georgia!

By F&CK YOU IDIOT

November 24, 2005 01:50 AM | Link to this

GO BACK HOME YOU NO-GOOD, KNOW-NOTHING MORON.

By russ

November 24, 2005 02:15 AM | Link to this

Good column Terrance, It’s hard to understand why you take so much critism for telling the truth. Georgia and Tech have become very predictable in the last few years which does make so-called rivalry go stale

By Michael

November 24, 2005 02:19 AM | Link to this

Florida has beaten Georgia 14 of the last 16 times…and still trails the all-time series by 10 games. That’s just pathetic if you’re a gator fan.

By Austin

November 24, 2005 03:12 AM | Link to this

UGA and tech is not a real rivalry? are you kidding me moore?…despite UGA putting the whooping stick to tech lately this game is still a rivalry. these two teams have been playing for darn near 100 years. your pathetic opinion says more about you than about this game. Question, if Michigan went on a 10 year run of dominance over ohio state would that nullify the status of that “rivalry”? no, it woudlnt. if texas beats oklahoma until the end of this decade would the media cease to call it a red river shootout? no, they wouldnt. and lets not forget that while Florida has UGA’s number over the last 17 years UGA had theirs the previous 20 before that. it’s still a “rivalry”. your killing me moore…i try to be patient and suffer through your material but this pushes to the edge. GO DAWGS!!!

By Dog gone longhorn

November 24, 2005 03:22 AM | Link to this

I reside in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I grew up in Ga, and graduated from UGA during the “run Lindsey run” era. My two favorite teams used to be Georgia and anyone playing Tech. Today, I root for both great schools weekly (as I despise all Texas teams) until this week, when my friends that graduated from Tech get in touch with me and we meet up and travel to the game where we DON’T EVEN SIT WITH ONE ANOTHER. Winner indeed has bragging rights for a year. So what Ga wins more often, that does not constitute it not be a rivalry. It makes me sick to know I have to hear it all if Tech wins, just as my friends feel the same if the dawgs win. Pue old fashined hatred for each team makes a rivalry, not who wins the most. A stupid column such as yours dictates your definately not from the south and you should team up with Mr. “I know everything” mouth Joe Morgan, and together you can call the Dingleberry U vs Booger A&M game which would be more of a challenge for you than your 3 minute no thought column suggesting The two best institutions in the state of Ga is nothing less than a war. Been there, done that own the tshirt! How well is it known? If I say 29 to 28 to you, what does it mean? If i say that to any Tech or Dawg fan, everyone will know what it means. Good Day

By Joe

November 24, 2005 03:57 AM | Link to this

vetteDAWG If Terence Moore columns; college and pro are written to start a healthy debate between two programs or should I say fans he will have to provide more facts to support his comments until then he’s only making undirected general statements that no one cares about… not even himself.

By Michael

November 24, 2005 06:21 AM | Link to this

You are an idiot! Rivalry doesn’t begin and end with wins or losses. The two schools have hated each other forever, but I suppose that there isn’t enough $$$ involved to interest you. And, by the way, did you forget that the rivalry extends to ALL sports?

By gary

November 24, 2005 07:38 AM | Link to this

UGA and Tech are a rivalry only in the Tech fans minds. Outside of Atlanta, except for Statesboro, there is only one FOOTBALL Team. For those of ya’ll that don’t HUNKER DOWN that team is the DAWGS. Honestly very few people care about Tech in the rest of Georgia. We’ll cheer for them like North Carolinians cheer for Wake Forest when they do well, but they’re a step child when it comes to fan support and recognition. THIS IS DAWG COUNTRY!!!

By chris

November 24, 2005 07:52 AM | Link to this

UGA sux!!!Tech by 10…

By Bill

November 24, 2005 08:05 AM | Link to this

H-E-L-L-O

You have all been manipulated by Terrance Moore. He writes inflamatory stuff andf then sits back and laughs at the success of his s**t stirring. The best thing to do is NOT fall into the trap. Ignoring bad writers is much more painful to them than ranting. Imagine…not even ONE response to this silly GT/UGA repose. Now THAT would get the attention of the “writer” - and the AJC who allows drivel to make it into print on a daily basis. IGNORE him. Nothing else will bother him worse.

By David Kee

November 24, 2005 08:07 AM | Link to this

Bovine excrement!!!!! Just ask Ray Goff and Jim Donnan if its a rivalry.

By yellow

November 24, 2005 08:20 AM | Link to this

SO in your eyes UGA and UF is not a rivalry?? Its the biggest cocktail party in the world but UF wins 9 out of 10 games every decade????Are you serious…you suck!!

By Thinking Fan!

November 24, 2005 08:21 AM | Link to this

I agree, he is doing his job - so just focus on the game and don’t get played…

THINK!

By Brett

November 24, 2005 08:26 AM | Link to this

This is what WGST radio host Kim Peterson (The Kimmer) would call a “booger show”—nothing more than a lame effort to stir the pot.

See you at the game and GO JACKETS!

By BarrelORum

November 24, 2005 08:31 AM | Link to this

Terrance Moore? Does he still write for the AJC?

By Burdell

November 24, 2005 08:45 AM | Link to this

And they pay you to write this?

By Dawgfan16

November 24, 2005 08:48 AM | Link to this

Terrence, Thanks for the wasted paper that your column took up. I needed something to wipe my a** with. What a moron. You always have been,always will be. Learn about the sports you write about.

By mike

November 24, 2005 09:34 AM | Link to this

guys,guys, i wish you’d stop all this whipping of terrance. i guarantee he will gather up all these postings, and walk into his editors office on monday and say,” see boss they are reading my column”. his boss will say,” good job, you can stay”. in his business any attention, even bad, is good for his career, and tenure. in short, stop reading his column, and stop responding to it.

By wes

November 24, 2005 09:43 AM | Link to this

That was the shortest article you have ever written Terence. But hey, less is Moore, right?

By Yellow-Dawg

November 24, 2005 09:43 AM | Link to this

Not a rivalry? Sorry TM, you are way off on this one.

By BigDawg30

November 24, 2005 09:44 AM | Link to this

Wake up and smell the pigskin Moore. We are talking about kids that played with and against each other in highschool, state bragging, rights, and most of all the state of Georgia’s finest programs going head - to - head on a day were record does not matter and anything can happen. If you don’t see it as a rivaly get out of our fine state and go write about ping pong or something.

By Beefan

November 24, 2005 09:49 AM | Link to this

Question for Mr. Moore: Is it still a ‘real’ rivalry if both teams suck for years on end like Cal and Stanford? Ha ha. Go back to Cali.

By Yell O'Jacket

November 24, 2005 10:20 AM | Link to this

If you don’t think it’s a rivalry let UGAg lose 3 or 4 in a row. Ask Donnan or Goff what happens. Ask Curry about winning at Bama but losing to Auburn. It’s not about how “even” the series is, certainly the Gators kick UGAg’s butt every year and most UGAg fans now consider that their biggest rival game. (Until they lose to Tech….)

By Matt

November 24, 2005 10:23 AM | Link to this

It’s a rivalry, TM, just not an important one to anyone outside the state of Georgia. I’m a transplanted Atlantan living in Denver, and nobody out west cares about the rivalry. By the way, GT has beaten Miami and Auburn, both on the road. Who exactly is UGA’s big win over this year? USC at home (because the Cocks’ kicker sucks) or UT on the road, which Vandy was able to accomplish?

By Bird Dawg

November 24, 2005 10:24 AM | Link to this

m. thomas I am not implying anything of the sort. I shined shoes as a kid at the local barber shop to have some spending money. But i’m pretty sure Terence couldn’t do that job either without p** someone off.

By travis

November 24, 2005 10:26 AM | Link to this

asshol

By travis

November 24, 2005 10:26 AM | Link to this

asshol nword

By Bird Dawg

November 24, 2005 10:37 AM | Link to this

Good one Matt. I’m glad no one outside the state cares about this game, but just in case they do, they can catch it on national TV Saturday night, just like almost every year.

By Dennis

November 24, 2005 10:40 AM | Link to this

Terrence is not interested this year because both quarterbacks are black. There is nobody to be dissed so he doesn’t care.

By George W. Bush

November 24, 2005 10:41 AM | Link to this

Its great seeing Racist Bigots like you Terrance and Cynthia Tucker running the Urinal and Constipation into the dirt, with your racist and bigoted agenda.

George W. Bush

By William

November 24, 2005 10:42 AM | Link to this

Terrence and Cynthia, Columnist to the most widely circulated FISH-WRAPPER the free world has ever known! But wait, your ploy has worked. By all the responses, there are actually people reading this. On another note, is he actually playing this game down to appease the Cox clan who are notorious GT people???

By Mike

November 24, 2005 10:47 AM | Link to this

T. Moore you are a idiot. All of your columns suck. You have no talent and everybody that reads the AJC hates your stupid black a*. I really hope you get fired. Ga Tech and UGA is a hugh game for the people that we’re born and live in this state. I’m a Tech fan and both my brothers are UGA fans. We trash talk all year long about this game. I can’t wait til Saturday night. Go Jackets!

Oh and T. Moore I will agree with that other post. You are a stupid n**r!

By AstroFan

November 24, 2005 10:52 AM | Link to this

I bet everybody at the AJC plus Terence Moore are sitting back and laughing at all you gawkers out there. Think about it people, this story had to be approved before It went out. This is what the “media” like, it’s called contraversy. And yall are just eating right out of the AJC’s hands. They’re just trying to bring ignorant out of yall and they obviously did. Since I grew up in the shadow of GA. Tech, I’m sorry DJ, I know you my boy, but I’m going for TECH.

By Lee Smith

November 24, 2005 11:02 AM | Link to this

Mr. Moore,

I am constantly mesmerized by your comments on a daily basis in the Atlanta Journal. How you have managed to keep your job with this nationally accredited paper, makes me wonder if there is a shortage of sports writers in the country. How can you say that the Georgia vs. Georgia Tech game is not a true rivalry? While I bleed the red and black of the Dawgs I also understand that on any given year the yellow jackets can stun the Bulldog country. Let also remember that Tech won the last National Championship in 1990 vs. Georgia winning it twenty five years ago. Sometimes I wonder if you are a sports writer or if you attempt to be more like a shock jock just trying to upset the vast majority of people with your ignorant comments. So keep doing what you do but understand that you have ABSOLUTELY no credit in the atlanta area with your sports reviews. I would trust the words out of my 7 year old sons mouth more than I would depend on you to give an accurate, truthful story.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Lee Smith

By Lee

November 24, 2005 11:06 AM | Link to this

Rivalries are defined by the participants, not by outside observers. Rivalry is about the agony and ecstasy of competing with someone you have a relationship with - anyone with a brother or sister knows that. Without that off-the-field relationship, it would be just another game. It’s the intensity of emotion for the participants, not the entertainment value to jaded sportswriters, that marks a good rivalry.

By mark bradley

November 24, 2005 11:14 AM | Link to this

please teach sunday school full-time and quit acting like you know anything about sports.

By Harold Doherty

November 24, 2005 11:29 AM | Link to this

You’re not from Georgia are you?

By James

November 24, 2005 11:35 AM | Link to this

I think Terence has a good point. I’m a Dawg fan (and white, since that seems to matter) and I agree that we don’t take Tech seriously. Tech is like an annoyance to us, not a rival. As soon as Tech got scared and left the SEC to become content with their “cozy atmosphere and setting” (thanks Ralph), this rivalry was over.

I also agree that Florida has no reason to take us seriously until we muster a few more wins against them. Back in the day, we didn’t think much of the Gator rivalry because we always beat them, but they sure hated us. It’s just human nature. So lay off Terence (this time) for just pointing out what we all know is true.

By Jay

November 24, 2005 11:37 AM | Link to this

TM,

Keep writing and we will keep reading and so will all your Haters!!! Funny stuff!!

By Austin

November 24, 2005 11:41 AM | Link to this

Thank you Mr.TM these people in gerogia think tech vs uga is a real rivalry come on- When one team dominates consistently it ainT A rivalry. Bama-AUB USC-ND- OHIO ST. MICH ARE RIVALRIES

By Bob

November 24, 2005 11:44 AM | Link to this

HUH????!?!?! This game is the blood feud of blood feuds—-and the fact that the paper’s sports editors wouldn’t get that; is just additional proof that the AJC is out of touch, and frankly; increasingly obsolete. It’s a Democrat advocacy rag, that can’t even identify the state’s most legendary rivalry. For shame.

By John Burson

November 24, 2005 11:44 AM | Link to this

Was this true back in our win streak in 2001? This is the dumbest article I have ever ready.

And you write for the ajc???? Just plain stupid and you obviously have too much time on your hand and paid too much to make such an unprecedented article.

I am a tech fan and I have friends that are bulldog fans and I would guarantee your smart butt that a majority are making fun of you as a journalist.

By BonesGT

November 24, 2005 11:47 AM | Link to this

Why does the hometown paper keep trying to diminish this rivalry? Every year they do this. Its weird and irritating. When I was a student at Tech, all 160lbs of me so badly wanted to put on the helmet and pads and help my boys kick some doggie butt. Thats passion….thats hate….thats a rivalry!

By Josh

November 24, 2005 11:59 AM | Link to this

Rivalry-a competitive or antagonistic state or condition. If you don’t think tech and uga antagonize each other….just go to a game. The cat that writes this article consistently resorts to lowest common denominator in order to garner readers. I have to say-it works. Your idiotic statements keep me coming back to it like watching a train wreck.

In other news- Why do so many black ppl that post on here always find a way to mention blacks/whites? I am not sure what it would take to get blacks to quit being so insecure about color. If black is beautiful, then let it be…and remember-repeating and shouting your point does not make it more valid.

By Darren

November 24, 2005 12:05 PM | Link to this

Hell, I don’t even like college football, and I know this is a real rivalry…

By ben

November 24, 2005 12:09 PM | Link to this

We have truly turned into a Jerry Springer Nation. How did Terence’s Tech baiting column turn into a race thing? On a truly scary note, them dirty dawgs rank #3 in this year’s recruiting behind Texas and Notre Dame. Hopefully, that will make it that much sweeter when we finally pull an upset.

By scott

November 24, 2005 12:12 PM | Link to this

Mr. Moore having a job indicates that the AJC is a firm supporter of affirmative action.

By GTChris

November 24, 2005 12:19 PM | Link to this

YOUR STUPID!!!

By socaldawg

November 24, 2005 12:20 PM | Link to this

TALK ABOUT IRONY. TM actually managed to get GT and UGA fans to agree on something whole heartedly: that TM is an idiot. The sad part is that this was clearly an attempt to be a shock jock. No journalism here. Just pure stupidity aimed at getting folks to reply. It worked. But it also proved TM is no journalist. Just another moron.

By scott

November 24, 2005 12:39 PM | Link to this

basically, you suck and you just wasted 30 seconds of my life. thanks.

By Mansoon

November 24, 2005 01:02 PM | Link to this

Controversy for the sake of controversy. C’mon Mr. Moore, what are they paying you for? Come up with something original. Soooo tiresome, shhhhhhh!!

By austindog

November 24, 2005 01:02 PM | Link to this

That’s the truth, TM is proving himself a worthless journalist who has to stoop to baiting fans to generate any type of interest in his column. He has given up on uncovering drama or providing insight. TM, check out redandblack.com for some inspiration.

By Anthony Jackson

November 24, 2005 01:35 PM | Link to this

What a Nit-Wit … Your Boss Should Question Your Worth After This Column …

By Cracker

November 24, 2005 01:55 PM | Link to this

Terrence, what you fail to realize is that Tech fans are much like you, which makes them easy to dislike…..thus feeding the fire of this rivalry. Tech fans think they are clever and inherently smarter than those around them. Tech fans can be downright irritating. Kinda like getting the shake down while trying to do business in Atlanta. Wait, what was I trying to …never mind…..

By Voice of Reason

November 24, 2005 02:45 PM | Link to this

TM is right to an extent. Georgia doesn’t really even look at this game until Thanksgiving week. Tech obsesses over it all year long. To Georgia folks, GT is something we are forced to deal with from time to time, but for the most part don’t really care too much about. That being said, if you slack off and lose to Tech than you have some serious explaining to do. Losing to Tech is kind of like not hitting your tee shot past the ladies’s tees in golf. Its not something you ever really think will happen, so you don’t worry about it. But on that rare occasion when it does happen, it sure is embarrasing.

By Voice of Reason

November 24, 2005 02:46 PM | Link to this

TM is right to an extent. Georgia doesn’t really even look at this game until Thanksgiving week. Tech obsesses over it all year long. To Georgia folks, GT is something we are forced to deal with from time to time, but for the most part don’t really care too much about. That being said, if you slack off and lose to Tech than you have some serious explaining to do. Losing to Tech is kind of like not hitting your tee shot past the ladies’ tees in golf. Its not something you ever really think will happen, so you don’t worry about it. But on that rare occasion when it does happen, it sure is embarrasing.

By Angry

November 24, 2005 03:39 PM | Link to this

Moore, you’re a f*** dumb a*!

By Angry

November 24, 2005 03:41 PM | Link to this

Moore, youre an idiot!

By Matt

November 24, 2005 03:59 PM | Link to this

Bird Dog, I guess you missed the fact that ABC is sending Notre Dame-Stanford to 75% of the country. GT-UGA is just a rivalry in Georgia — kind of like Parkview v. Brookwood, just at the collegiate level, or Vanderbilt - Tennessee. Nobody outside Georgia cares.

By THBPT

November 24, 2005 04:28 PM | Link to this

Hey Terence Moore, you suck.

By Bird Dawg

November 24, 2005 04:51 PM | Link to this

Sort of like nobody in Georgia cares what somebody in Denver is thinking.

By Mike

November 24, 2005 04:52 PM | Link to this

Mr. Moore, I am a junior at a metro Atlanta high school. I disagree with your comments about the rivalry. I am a third generation Yellow Jacket and I live and die with GT. Unfortunately Tech does not have as many hardcore fans(like myself) as UGA. Anyways saying that these two schools do not have a rivalry is false. In Tech’s fight song I’m sure you have heard of it they say “To Hell with Georgia” and In UGA’s fight song I think they do hate against Tech also. If this is not a rivalry then why would these words be mentioned in the songs? Also, why would my friends and I argue about the outcome of the most important game in college football when we were in elementary school??? I hope you don’t take this comment lightly. Thanks

By Angry Tech fan

November 24, 2005 04:56 PM | Link to this

Moore(on), are you a frigin’ IDIOT? All youhave to do is go onto TECH’s campus to see how much we hate U(sucs)GA.

What’sm the good word? TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!! What’s the good word? TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!! What’s the good word? TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!! How ‘bout them dawgs? P** ON “EM!!!!!

(every TECH student knows this even if Moore(ons) like yourself don’t care to check out the facts!)

By Pete

November 24, 2005 05:05 PM | Link to this

this aint as big as georgia-florida. GO DOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By RRR

November 24, 2005 05:36 PM | Link to this

Wow! I only read this because I wanted to see if it was a blog, because if it was I “somehow” knew how it would turn into a flame war. It seems that Terrence has learned how to be a “troll”… This was purposeful, for whatever reason.

I’ve said this before: I come to the AJC daily because I am a Braves fan living in Florida (originally NJ), and one the ONE THING I’ve noticed is the seeming hatred that GT and UGA fans have for each other. If that’s “NOT” a rivalry, no matter what your definition is TM, then nothing is.

btw peeps: the racial stuff is uncalled for, don’t you think??? GEESH!!

By Voice of Reason

November 24, 2005 05:40 PM | Link to this

Angry Tech fan proves my point. All we have to do is go on their nasty, bum infested, smoggy campus to see how much Tech kids hate Georgia. He said it folks, I mean, dang, they all know the words to the song. At UGA, we don’t hate Tech, WE SIMPLY DON’T CARE ABOUT TECH, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER! This game is all that matters to Tech fans, its just another game at the end of the year for Georgia fans. And for Mike, the high school junior, yes it is true that we say “the hell with Georgia Tech” in our fight song- but only during Tech week. We apply it to our other opponents (UT, etc.) throughout the rest of the year.

By CraigB

November 24, 2005 06:02 PM | Link to this

Dear Terrance,

Are reading many of your columns over the years, I have always thought you were a little off, but this one takes the cake. This is way beyond your normal articles where you pull the “race card” so often. GT-UGA not a rivalry??? Quit smoking crack, get a clue, and go visit the game to see for yourself so you will quit spewing this garbage.

CB

By tony

November 24, 2005 06:38 PM | Link to this

I knew Bobby Dodd and I knew Wally Butts. Bobby Dodd was a friend of mine. Terrence Moore, you’re no journalist.

By wes

November 24, 2005 06:42 PM | Link to this

Voice of Reason, if you don’t care or think of Tech as a rivalry…then why are you even commenting?

By GT-66

November 24, 2005 06:42 PM | Link to this

Tech-UGA not a rivalry? I would rather have a daughter in a house-of-ill-repute on North Ave than a son at UGA

By War Eagle

November 24, 2005 06:48 PM | Link to this

You can put Terrance Moore, Cynthia Tucker and Jay Bookman in a sack and shake them up. Terrance would come out with a sign, “ACC plays more blacks than the SEC”, Tucker would come out, ” I hate GWB and Republican party and Bookman with ” I agree with both”. Anyone with any football knowledge knows Tech/GA is a hard state rival for years,Bammer/Auburn is a different with year around atmosphere such as divorces, business splits and butt-talk.The ajc is losing circulation by the grooves, so an article like this pumps up the $2.00 investment.

By Stephen Smith

November 24, 2005 06:52 PM | Link to this

Voice of Reason,

UGA sure seemed to care about Tech when Donnan lost three straight times to the Jackets and his job as well. Georgia loses to Florida, Auburn and Tech in the same season sounds like the Donnan years to me. UGA is just lucky Tennessee and Florida are terrible this year.

By SteveO

November 24, 2005 07:23 PM | Link to this

Terrence Moore is an idiot!

By Marc M

November 24, 2005 07:24 PM | Link to this

Terence Moore is an idiot. I agree with Lawton…as Lewis Grizzard used to say to Yankees with their constant criticism of the South, “Delta is ready when you are!”

By Dwight

November 24, 2005 07:54 PM | Link to this

You always hear that comment about rivalries and I don’t buy it. Just because a team has won more often than another, it doesn’t mean that a matchup isn’t a rivalry. It’s a rivalry because the two major teams in the state of Georgia have been battling each other for decades and decades. It is a rivalry, just like UGA/UF is, even though UF has won most of the games lately.

By techaholic

November 24, 2005 08:04 PM | Link to this

Rivalry …

It’s about ‘unconditional hate’ for the opponent. It doesn’t matter who has been winning, the feelings and the emotion MAKE IT A RIVALRY no matter the outcome.

It’s the Red Sox/Yankees, don’t tell the Red Sox fans it’s not a rivalry … they’ll tell you ‘you don’t know what the hell you are talking about’.

For anyone that says it’s not a rivalry, ‘you don’t know what the hell you are talking about’!

By Voice of Reason

November 24, 2005 08:16 PM | Link to this

Stephen Smith- Please refer to my previous posts. As I stated, we only care about Tech in the unlikely event that we lose to them. Its an embarrasing problem that must be dealt with. And it has been. I thought my little golf analogy made this all clear, but maybe you need another one, so here you go: Losing to Tech is like getting the runs unexpectedly at a party. Its not something that you ever dwell on and you certainly don’t even consider it a possiblity when making plans to go out. But once in a blue moon it happens, and you’re forced to deal with the embarrassment. In our case, “dealing with the embarrasment” meant getting rid of Donnan. I hope this clears things up. And don’t act like you and all Techsters wouldn’t love to have some 8- win “Donnan years” of your own.

By GTYjackets

November 24, 2005 08:22 PM | Link to this

This is obviously a rivalry. While I have absolute hatred in my heart for the dawgs and their fans… I also have respect for them… That is what a rivalry is all about. Mutual hatred and respect for each other; all of us coming together through the pursuit of glory. We all look at the schedule in early august and circle this game on our calendars. If thats not a rivalry then what is?

By GTYjackets

November 24, 2005 08:32 PM | Link to this

By the way Voice of Reason… You’ re an idiot!!!!

By RRR

November 24, 2005 08:38 PM | Link to this

Hey, Voice of “Reason”! If it’s not a rivalry, then why are you constantly telling GT fans how they don’t matter to you? Why? Well, it seems that they DO in fact matter to you. Now that is a rivalry. Geesh, just read this blog and ALL the responses. Other than AJC readers vs. Terrence, the ONLY thing that comes out clearly is the “hatred” of GT and UG for each other. THAT my friend, IS a rivalry, no matter how you may try to diminish it. Tell ya what: I’d bet a whole lot that you’ll be braggin’ lots IF UG beats GT. And, I’d bet even more that you’ll disappear for awhile if GT whoops your arse. ;)

By ghj

November 24, 2005 09:46 PM | Link to this

Boring………………

By muttpfucker

November 24, 2005 10:01 PM | Link to this

Terrance,

Do the words…”to Hell with Georgia”…. in a school fight song mean anything to you? You are disrespecting the entire state of Georgia. Seems like the people involved think this is a rivalry. Why don’t you open your eyes to the city and state you represent and stop being a little biatch who only wants to stir the pot with stupid columns like this one. You’re an idoit…and if I see you I will pour my beer on you as well.

By 93Nole

November 24, 2005 10:13 PM | Link to this

Wow, First, on the rivalry…GT/GA is not as passionate as FSU/Miami or FSU/Florida in its battling.

Sadly, this column seems to have brought out all the folks outside metro Atlanta surrounding that don’t get out too much, maybe except for the annual games. I wonder how they will act at the football game at Bobby Dodd if GT wins? Hmm.

By vetteDAWG

November 24, 2005 10:25 PM | Link to this

Hey GT-66 - Your daughter wasn’t bad . I thought the North Avenue Trade School WAS a HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE.

By Leonard Pope

November 24, 2005 10:39 PM | Link to this

Based on your definition then the UF vs UGA game is definitely not a rivalry. UF has dominated the series for several years.

Check out Leonard Pope’s website. Shows what a UGA education will do for you. Read the “About Me” section.

http://www.arches.uga.edu/~popel/index.htm

By GJJ

November 24, 2005 10:53 PM | Link to this

Nothing like a night game at “Grunt� field. Every two years I have to bring out the bullet proof vest for safety.