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By Kevin

December 29, 2005 09:39 PM | Link to this

Man, that was ugly! Go Dawgs!

By GTFan

December 29, 2005 09:39 PM | Link to this

Another good article Terrance. Gerris had it right in saying we aren’t consistent.

By LLTW

December 29, 2005 09:46 PM | Link to this

Coach Gailey, please retire… we all need to move on. What a hugely disappointing season, especially after the Miami win.

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 09:47 PM | Link to this

What an embarrassment!

Wanna know why our guys can’t play consistently for an entire season? Its b/c your coach is Chan Gailey.

Wanna know why one of the best receivers in the nation only had 2 or so receptions? B/c our mediocre coach believes too much in our at best mediocre QB. And our offense is terrible. ON NATIONAL TV, it was pointed out that we had one of the worst offenses and QBs (if not THE WORST offenses and QB) in a bowl game this year.

Get rid of Chan Gailey, Patrick Nix, and whoever the hell has any part in the offense. Get a new coach BRAINE! Get a freakin’ special teams coach. Stop settling for mediocrity. Stop settling for embarrassments. Stop settling for meaningless bowls out west thats going to p** off the alumni and fans.

If Chan is our coach next year, our season does not look promising.

CHAN GAILEY, HAVE SOME RESPECT, SHOW SOME CARE, LEAVE GEORGIA TECH!

By noel malone

December 29, 2005 09:53 PM | Link to this

1 - second string QB is 30-41 for almost 400 yds. many recievers were wide open. how does this happen?

2 - one reciever catches 16 passes and was wide open on four TD catches. how does this happen?

3 - one of the best recievers in the US has only two catches. how does this happen?

Answers - Utah came to play - Gailey did not have Tech prepared.

Why does Gailey, the offensive genius, persist in sending Johnson on fly patterns down the sideline? He either gets pushed out of bounds or Ball throws it over his head.

Ball at least proved he is consistent - below 50%.

Terrible field, terrible stadium for football, terrible crowd - thanks a lot, ACC powers-that-be.

Chan Gailey is one of the luckiest people in the world - a five year contract for a mill a year with built-in mediocrity.

Good news - a three year veteran returning next year at QB. Bad news - its Reggie Ball, who has not improved one whit since his first snap as a freshman.

I was about to say “on to basketball” but I just learned that Air Force beat Tech last night.

By Tech the Terrible

December 29, 2005 09:54 PM | Link to this

We need to get a new coach.

We need a new athletic director.

We need to get a new QB.

We need to stop being embarrassed.

We need to stop being mediocre.

Does anyone legitimately disagree (assuming you’re a Tech fan and not a UGA fan…clearly a UGA fan would want all of these to stay constant)?

By GTsuperFan

December 29, 2005 10:08 PM | Link to this

I have been watching GT football for a very long time. That was the worst CRAP I have ever seen. What is it going to take for someone to be held accountable! I can only hope that someone cares about this football program as much as I have over the years. I doubt that this comment will make much of a difference, but I still cannot believe that we have people in control that would allow this once fine program to become so PITIFUL! Please, I beg of you, find an AD and a Coach that will bring this program back to respectability!

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 10:14 PM | Link to this

Chan Gailey is a terrible leader. The fact that Dave Braine is keeping a terrible leader proves that he himself is a terrible leader. The fact that somehow Braine was allowed to extend his contract shows that the alumni that do have clout are also idiots. And if you’re one of those alumni reading this, and you disagree, I welcome you to bring your points to me. I’ve heard them all, and I can put them all down.

I’m a true Tech fan. And I can’t wait for someone to bash me for this and question how much of a true Tech fan I am; but whoever does, you can all go to hell. As the second half unraveled, as I am sure some of you also did, I was actually hoping that Utah would continue to score and for Reggie to be even more of a terrible QB. Thats right, I didn’t think 38 points were enough. I was hoping that they would break 50, maybe 60. Thats what it has come down to for me. Quitter? No, I’m just smart. Sometimes, you have to lose to win, and losing the game even worse, if it increases the possibility of getting rid of Chan or Braine, I’m for it.

Yeah, I know some of you are going to say that it would hurt our recruiting, etc. But, it wouldn’t hurt our recruiting any more than our mediocre seasons, dumb comments made by our AD, or our off season embarrassments.

I want Chan Gailey to be embarrassed. I want our program to be embarrassed…SOMETHING so embarrassing that it would tick off the powerful alumni enough to not allow these a$$ clowns to continue coaching our football team.

Get rid of Chan Gailey. And for all those alumni that think that Chan Gailey is good, in your face.

By Beeze

December 29, 2005 10:19 PM | Link to this

How is this coach still our head coach? I really want to know how can he still be at this position? In life, if you’re mediocre, you’re canned. How has Chan still the coach? How are we so terrible on offense when our coach is supposed to be an offensive genius? How doe we still have such a deplorable QB. And how does our team question their preparedness? Does anyone think that this is odd?

By sUGAr

December 29, 2005 10:20 PM | Link to this

I bet that team from Athens won’t humiliate itself and the entire state on national T.V. come January 2nd. There is something bad wrong on the Flats.

By GaileyTheGreat

December 29, 2005 10:21 PM | Link to this

Gailey was right not to let his team complain about getting “shafted” in a bowl game. It should have been Utah complaining, seeing that the Utes have been on the better end of two easy whippings for two years in a row now.

By bT

December 29, 2005 10:25 PM | Link to this

I have been a tech fan all my life - I know how tought it is being a tech fan too. Chan has to go - and I can’t wait until Reggie leaves. Its all about improvement - having a scizophrenic QB and a coach that can’t get his team up for a bowl game? Spare me. We got what we deserved - Utah was ready, and while we were crying abou how we deserve more. We did not even deserve that bowl. I know Reggie did not loose the game, but how would you like to be on the D for a QB that can’t even throw the ball to a receiver like CJ!

By Tom O'Malley

December 29, 2005 10:27 PM | Link to this

What a joke! Only one person can stop Calvin Johnson … Chan Gailey! Coach Gailey, Reggie is NOT a D-1 quarterback. Reggie, 30% of the time your great, 70% of the time you stink, you go to TECH, do the math! As a GT alum, I’m sick and tired of getting shown up at these crap bowls! Coach Gailey, It’s your job to get this team prepared for ALL games. Thank God most of the nation did not tune in to this debacle. Just because it’s “bowl” does not mean your team should play like crap!

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 10:28 PM | Link to this

One more thing, Calvin Johnson, in his best interests, should leave after next season (as I’m sure he will). They’re not throwing the ball to him (best receiver in the nation) and maybe its b/c they can’t throw the ball to him. I hate to see such great talent unutilized. Its a terrible waste; talent that only our offensive genius could waste.

By Stinger Splash

December 29, 2005 10:29 PM | Link to this

It is time to fire Gailey. That was, by far, the worst performance of any alleged decent Tech team ever. The lack of coaching was apparent from the start. They had a month to get ready for this game and never once looked like they were capable of playing against even the Lowndes JV. Even Tech’s defense, also at times poorly coached, was exposed for the fraud it is. Remember the Auburn game? Even though Tech had all those picks, Auburn still threw for 350 yards because they had receivers running down the field wide open all night long. Remember, that was Tech’s senior captain and middle linebacker RUNNING OUT OF THE END ZONE with an interception. Where did he think he was going? To the Top of the Mark? And the only thing worse than Tech’s wretched schemes or its play-calling. How does P.J. Daniels not get the ball 30 times when he’s averaging 6 yards a carry, especially when Tech starts the second half at midfield and only down 10 points? And are there any other routes for Calvin Johnson other than the stop or the very low percentage deep fade? Plus, Chris Woods, with his blazing 4.9 speed, should nev er, ever have theball in his hands. Even after three years, Reggie Ball plays and acts like a freshman. Utah’s s QB, in his second start, looked like the second coming of Matt Leinart. Notice too that Ball ducked any questions after the game. It is time for the petulant Mr. Ball and the decent, though completely overmatched, Mr. Gailey to leave The Flats for good.

By sUGAr

December 29, 2005 10:29 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt would get Calvin in the game.

By THL

December 29, 2005 10:29 PM | Link to this

Reggie doesn’t complete passes because there are only deep sideline routes called. The middle of the field is the biggest part of the field and we have the best receiver in the country and we don’t turn him loose on defenses. He gets shut down in big games because his own coach pins him on the sideline and makes it easy for others to guard him.

This game was terrible. That #88 was not covered all day…IT’S CALLED A POST ROUTE IDIOTS.

Coaching is absolutely terrible. We have no hope of getting a competant coach because our own AD said he doesn’t expect to win 10 games a year…Good luck recruiting with that attitude.

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 10:34 PM | Link to this

sUGAr, thanks for pointing out the obvious. Tech fans are not disagreeing with you.

Tech fans, email Dave Braine and Wayne Clough. You can go the GT website, click directory, and do a search using their names Express your embarrassment, anger, etc. Flood their inboxes with emails. It might not do anything, but at least they’ll know people are ticked off (they probably don’t read the AJC).

By THL

December 29, 2005 10:34 PM | Link to this

Oh my god…I am so mad right now I’m shaking.

By WARUTAH

December 29, 2005 10:36 PM | Link to this

Until the ACC can bring its A game to such a “rinky dink” bowl, then the only thing “rinky dink” about it will be the ACC.

GT felt too sorry for themselves, and Utah acted like they’ve been there before.

By Mota

December 29, 2005 10:37 PM | Link to this

The secondary looked like their feet were in buckets of sand. Were they smokin what Rueben’s been selling? Utah made them look like they didn’t have a clue!

By mad Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 10:43 PM | Link to this

Is it me or do we have one of the best wide recievers in the nation. I wonder what kind of numbers Calvin Johnson would have if he had a QB who could throw the ball to him. I be he wishes every day he went to a school with a coach who knew what he was doing and a QB who had a brain and could throw the ball to him. I bet these DB’s like that they are getting credit for shutting Johnson down and it is not them it is the coach and QB not throwing to him.

The sad thing about tech is that Reggie is our starting QB. That means that there is not another QB at Tech that is better. I hope we are trying to recruit one this off season.

I hope something happens and we do not have to put up with this kind of play for 5 more years. I am tired of hearing it from the Georgia fans. Please give us some hope.

By GJJ

December 29, 2005 10:49 PM | Link to this

I LOVED every second of that game….

By Dane

December 29, 2005 10:49 PM | Link to this

Is there a buyout for Chan’s new contract?? Also if not can we please get a real Offensive Minded Coach on the flats. Lastly is Reggie on the hot spot again for spring ball. At least give Taylor a chance!!!!

By Disgruntled Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 10:49 PM | Link to this

Reggie Ball = COACH KILLER: Someone just good enough in practice to where you think he’ll play well in a game, but then he shows up to the games and plays horrible. There is nothing more painful for me than watching Reggie Ball on TV. He is absolutly horrible!!! I’m sick and tired of every announcer saying, “He just has a low completion percentage because he throws the ball away a lot.” No, his percentage is low because he’s a horrible player!!! 3 years of Reggie has about given me a damn heart attack! This might sound crazy but I still like Chan Gailey as a coach. I don’t know why, I just do. Reggie is single handedly killing the GT program.

By F...Reggie, F...Chan, F...Braine

December 29, 2005 10:51 PM | Link to this

Does it surprise anyone that in a meaningless bowl game when we’re down 100 points halfway through the 4th quarter that Chan doesn’t let someone else get some snaps? That is exactly why I hate him - he’s got several good QBs on that roster and he can’t prepare a single one to even take a few snaps. Reggie is the worst DI QB there is…period. Half of his completions were screens, he can’t look at more than one receiver and he continually throws the ball to Calvin 5 yards out of bounds. If I were Calvin, I’d transfer effective immediately.

But, you can’t blame the worst QB in the nation for everything. You’ve got to look at the man who has ensured that he has taken a step back since joining the Jackets. Ball arrived on campus with more talent than Joe Hamilton. Difference is Hamilton had an offensive genius to work under and worked hard to improve. I see none of that from Reggie or the coaching staff. If you disagree about Hamilton, you can’t disagree with Godsey. Ball has more talent in his foot than him. But Godsey had good coaching.

Lastly, you can’t blame it all on Gailey, the worst coach in the country. You’ve got to look at the f…in’ moron who believes in him - not to mention is responsible for the continuing string of academic oversight issues that weren’t corrected until dozens of athletes across several sports were declared inelligible.

Start at the top - fire Braine, fire Gailey and bench Reggie. Otherwise, there is point in supporting this band of losers…

By HJJ

December 29, 2005 10:54 PM | Link to this

Calvin Johnson? Having any second thoughts about your college choice?

By Matthew

December 29, 2005 10:54 PM | Link to this

Reggie Ball interceptions: 2

Calvin Johnson receptions: 2

Dawg fans loving every minute of it: millions

Being a member of the Fans of Chan Club: * Priceless *

For good football, make a trip to Athens. For everything worse, there’s Tech.

By Max

December 29, 2005 11:01 PM | Link to this

Reggie Ball declining post game interviews….real classy move. Reggie Ball will NEVER grow up. He is clearly NOT a leader and never will be a leader. I only wish he had four more years at Tech!!!

By JP

December 29, 2005 11:05 PM | Link to this

If you follow point spreads, you will notice most of the time the line is pretty much dead on, give or take 2, 3 or 4 points..how is it our team is favored by 8.5 and gets beat by 28? Effectively we lost 38 to 1.5. This, to me, says more than anything about how inconsistent we really are.

I am so fed up..this just cant be tolerated. Unreal.

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 11:06 PM | Link to this

Yes, we’re terrible, Matthew..and all of you UGA fans. Yes our bowl game sucks compared to your exhilirating match-up to the vaunted Mountaineers. Yes, your very uncreative parody of the overdone commercial is terrible, and yes you’re taking way too much time out of your schedule to wallow in our misery…which could only mean that you have no life. So go get one. When you guys win or lose, then you can post. Until then, get a life, don’t become defensive and post a reply to mine (b/c that will only prove my previous point), and don’t ever call GT students/alumni nerds as long as you come up with those kinds of parodies.

By 85jacket

December 29, 2005 11:07 PM | Link to this

Is anyone else getting juuust a bit tired of the quarterback draw? First of all, it’s a stretch to be calling ol’ #1 a “quarterback”, but that’s beside the point. If he isn’t getting whacked by people three times his size, he’s falling on his sorry face in the mud.

By BYU Fan

December 29, 2005 11:08 PM | Link to this

Our recent overtime loss to archrival UTAH was painful enough, but Tech…c’mon.

Where was the team? So the bowl stinks. You gotta show up. Wow. When I heard the score, I had to make sure I heard right. Tech not only loses, but loses by 28!

Thank you for assisting the Mountain West with recruiting.

By RamblinWreck C/O 95

December 29, 2005 11:10 PM | Link to this

I lost 500 bucks on this game tonight! Unbelievable!!! I’m going to get crucified at the office tommorrow. All season Ive been getting trash-talked by my co-workers, but Ive always been able to counter by talking about our win over Auburn or the U. Tommorrow there will be nothing I can say. This loss hurts bad. Nothing to gain, but eveything to lose. I’m going to have to quit telling people I went to Tech until at least late spring. This was the most depressing game Ive ever seen. I cant think of any reason to be optimistic about next season. The corpse of Bobby Dodd could have had the Jackets in better shape tonight.

By mtraininjax

December 29, 2005 11:10 PM | Link to this

Tech Fan,

Do what is right, forget the emails, send Tech the message and cancel FB tix and drop support for the program. Hit Tech where it hurts in the pocketbook. No one will listen until they need the alumni to come back in and support them. They haven’t listened in 4 years.

sUGAr, thanks for the posts captain obvious!

By Disappointed Tech Grad

December 29, 2005 11:10 PM | Link to this

Chan has proven he has no capability of motivating a team. For Tech coaches to have voiced concern for the bowl they were lucky enough to play in, was the first nail in the coffin. This is not motivation or leadership. This game was a total failure by the coaches - the players, alumni and fans deserve much more from the entire staff. Chan, you say they did not quit - maybe you are right because you have to start to quit -

By Bob

December 29, 2005 11:11 PM | Link to this

This is better than Christmas day….

By steve

December 29, 2005 11:13 PM | Link to this

I just watched that pitiful game on my new high definition TV. I’m going back to radio.

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 11:14 PM | Link to this

mtraininjax,

As long as Gailey is our coach, my friends and I have decided to not buy season tickets. I encourage all others to do the same.

By the way, heard C. Johnson’s comments? Its about time dude. Don’t worry about trying to be the anti-TO. Voice your anger. Get ticked off. Get ticked off at Reggie, what is he going to do? Not throw you the ball? Maybe overthrow the ball? If I were Calvin, I would flat out say that his high school QB was better than this chump.

By Chris

December 29, 2005 11:14 PM | Link to this

Don’t worry Tech fans, basketball season is here. Well, I guess baseball season will be here soon.

By TechFan2001

December 29, 2005 11:15 PM | Link to this

This one takes the cake. Reggie once again showed he isn’t capable of being a QB at a Div 1 school. If he played at Miami, FSU, Auburn, or UGA he would be a back up defensive back at best. This team has no heart. This is an absolute embarrassment to the university. Good thing we just gave Chan an extension.

By Ty

December 29, 2005 11:16 PM | Link to this

Thankfully, we only had to suffer through the first quarter (do to having to go to our daughter’s basketball game).

The funniest part of the day was talking with my father-in-law in California who thoguht Tech would win by 30 or mor! (ark, ark, ark!!)

I quickly straightened him out before kick-off so he wouldn’t be to depressed (I let him know that nothing scares a Gailey team like being ranked in the top 25 and that Reggie Ball can make ANY team’s defense look awesome!)

So, anyway, I missed it all (darn….). But, it does help confirm my earlier decision. Braine gives Gailey a five year extension…I cancel my season tickets after 24 years! (call me a quitter if you like. I agree with ‘Tech Fan’… Braine and Chan quit on us a long time ago!).

By Fire Gailey & the Braine

December 29, 2005 11:16 PM | Link to this

I have been saying the same thing for the past 2 years, that the GT football program is being driven into the ground by out stupid f#%$ing coaches & the stupid f%$#ing AD. As an alumi, this is f%$#ing embarrassing! I urge Tech fans/alumni not to attend Tech football games and not to contribute to the Athletic Association or fund drives. Hit the idiots where it hurts. Until we take a stand and not support these f%$#ing morons Braine, Gailey, & Nix, we shouldn’t expect anything but a f%$#ing sh*ty program! I am so pi$$ed right now, F$#% GT football!!!!1

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 11:18 PM | Link to this

Bob-

Read my previous post about getting a life. Pay special close attention to the part about being defensive and posting back. And pay EVEN MORE attention to the getting a life part. Go get a life, this is our game to talk about.

Also, your Christmas must have sucked. Even more reason to get a life.

By WARUTAH

December 29, 2005 11:19 PM | Link to this

All you Tech fans that are So embarrassed by being beaten by Utah truly are whiners. Utah has a winning record against the BCS conferences for the last 5 or six years. with wins against Cal, Oregon, A&M, NC, AZ, We’ve won the last 5 bowl games we’ve played, against Fresno State, USC (sacked Carson Palmer 5 times), Southern Miss (shutout), Pitt(blowout), and now GT(another blowout). Try and bear up.

By Techie99

December 29, 2005 11:21 PM | Link to this

Fellow Tech fans, don’t cave into these foolish ideas of boycotting Tech games. We all need to go to as many games as possible. No college ever got a football program turned around because it was playing in an empty stadium. There are other ways to change things. A boycott would only make things even worse, (yes that is possible).

By Fire Gailey & the Braine

December 29, 2005 11:28 PM | Link to this

Techie99, you’ve gotta be kidding me. You obviously know nothing about finance. The more you support these morons, the less of a chance they give a damn about getting rid of them. All programs look for the financial returns, so once again, I URGE ALL TECH FANS/ALUMNI TO BOYCOTT TECH GAMES & NOT GIVE ANY FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OUR F%$#ING PATHETIC FOOTBALL PROGRAM

By Old Tech'r

December 29, 2005 11:30 PM | Link to this

I’ve been a Tech fan for 61 years. My daddy took me to the games through the legendary years of Bobby Dodd. I continued the tradition with my kids up until last year. I’ve seen the greats: Maxie Baughn, Jimmy Braselton, Larry Morris, Lenny Snow, Billy Lothridge. I saw the great competitors: Don Meredith, Joe Namath, Tony Dorsett, Herschel Walker. After today’s game, I am actually ashamed to be a Tech fan. After 61 years, I’m apparently rewarded with a fourth-rate school administration attitude toward athletics, a fourth-rate AD, a fourth-rate coaching staff, and a fourth-rate coach and football team that’s whined like two-year olds with wet diapers because they didn’t get the bowl game they wanted. They lost this game (and me!)because of poor attitude, poor preparation, and immaturity exhibited on a grand scale! The new attitude at Tech: “7 and 5 is good enough, and after that, we don’t give a d*!

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 11:32 PM | Link to this

WARUTAH-

Try and bear up? Our school bears a strong and rich history of football tradition. No offense, but yours does not. We have 4 national championships (last one in 1990), so its possible for us to win others (we beleive that). So, when we’re ticked off at our loss, its not so much that it was Utah…you need to read more closely. Its at the fact that we were unprepared (just like the many other times), a fact that you yourself cannot disagree about. And if you want to disagree with that statement, then you haven’t been watching Tech football under Chan Gailey. We have talent, and (again no offense), there was no reason why 1) We should have lost and 2) We should have lost that bad. We beat Auburn and Miami. The teams that you have beat are nothing compared to those teams. But then we lose to NCState, Virginia, and get killed by VaTech.

You are probably new to this site, so we’ll cut you slack on the first post. Don’t talk about beating Texas A&M or Pitt, or sacking someone 4 years ago (however long) and compare it to this game. Don’t tell us that we should bear up losing to you guys. We’re p** at our coach, not your team and not you.

By Ty

December 29, 2005 11:33 PM | Link to this

Dear Techie99,

Oh so wrong you are on this one. You must understand that we’re buying these season tickets year-in / year-out. During this time, they’ve cleared us out of the East Stands between the 40’s (to make those empty gold seats that visiting fans love), accussed of us of not being faithful to pony-up extra $$$ for a mediocre team, and then…..Tell us we must expect a mediocre program in football.

I assure you (as one who went through the Bill Lewis years)…IT WILL only take one season of the ‘old gold’ and boycotts by the alum base to send the strongest message (and affect change).

This team doesn’t need a bunch of lambs praising 7-5 finishes…it needs rabid zeaolots that want to win EVERY WEEK and believe their program is the best in the WORLD (not ‘just mediocre’).

And, it’s not a boycott if you really don’t care anymore (i.e. would you pay $168 to see a rotten movie 6 times in a row….and call it a boycott?)

By Chester

December 29, 2005 11:33 PM | Link to this

I’m a Ute fan who used to live in Atlanta. I’ve been following both teams over the past several weeks and there were a few things that made a huge difference: 1) Utah had all the respect in the world for Tech. Especially their defense. They basically locked themselved in the football facility to practice and prepare for this game. 2) In Utah, the Emerald Bowl sucks every bit as much to us as it does to the all powerful Eastern colleges. But the Utes did not whine or cry. They said- we have one more game. One more shot to prove ourselves against a ranked team and formidable defensive team. And they showed-up.

I feel sorry for the GA Tech fans. I would not renew my season tickets. That was sad example of preparation and lack of respect.

By I need SoCo

December 29, 2005 11:36 PM | Link to this

WARUTAH, hello!!! Utal lost to San Diego State, UNC, CO State, NM, and TCU. Congrats on last season, but on paper we should have slaughtered you guys. Utah isnt exactly the 95 cornhuskers or 01 Canes! Our talent is better, our conference is better, our D is better; and you guys beat the hell out of us. The line on this game was 8.5!!!! and we lost by 28!!!! GT losing to a MWC team is a disgrace. I think we have every right to “whine.”

By ben

December 29, 2005 11:38 PM | Link to this

Troy Aikman said Chan figured out how to make the 3 time Super Bowl champs offense look mediocre. Now he’s figured out a way to make the best reciever in college football look bad. You got a good look today at Tech football without Tenuta. His defense didn’t show up and man, was it ugly.

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 11:38 PM | Link to this

Techie99-

Listen to ‘Fire Gailey & the Braine’. Clough and Braine are money sluts. If you keep feeding them, they won’t change. The only thing that would possibly cause a change is for powerful alumni to back out or back out when they realize that fans are backing out. See, if fans back out, support goes down, and so does money. No one wants to invest in something with a low Return On Investment or a mediocre ROI. Think about it, would you continue to pour money into a stock that doens’t move up or down? Not if you are smart.

By Ty

December 29, 2005 11:40 PM | Link to this

Thank you, Chester…..you’re correct on all counts!!

I know from your post that you understand we are not attempting to diminish the win by the Utes (and we apologize for not sending a worthy opponent).

Dear Chan…please apologize to all Tech and Ute fans for not bothering to bring a worthy opponent to the ‘rinky-dink’ bowl.

P.S. Maybe Chan will give you another five years if you actually change QB’s….(what a gutsy move THAT would be….)

By Joe Green

December 29, 2005 11:40 PM | Link to this

The Utah Utes just dismantled us tonight. Good thing we didn’t play them last year when they were good. I’m trying to decide how much of it was us not showing up or the fact that Utah is a decent team. Either way, Coach G. needs to start finding some answers. Frustrating.

By Ben

December 29, 2005 11:45 PM | Link to this

Moore shouldn’t try to sugarcoat that second half with a claim that the Yellow Jackets “sort of quit”… Utah wore out the GT defense with 3 long drives in the third and (early in the) fourth quarters. They probably would have stopped Ganther late if they had any legs left. It was simply a 2nd half massacre.

By WARUTAH

December 29, 2005 11:45 PM | Link to this

Dear I need SoCo,

they don’t play the games on paper.

Dear Tech Fan,

Its great that you have such a rich football tradition. Tradition never put on a uniform and threw a touchdown, or made a tackle.

Your coaching may suck, and you guys may be p** off, but give Utah some credit. That’s all I’m saying.

By Whattheheck?

December 29, 2005 11:47 PM | Link to this

Instead of harping on all of the bad let’s talk about the good things. Our field goal kicker was 1 for 1. That’s about it….

By RamblinWreck C/O 95

December 29, 2005 11:47 PM | Link to this

Being that I lost a considerable amount of money on this game, how about some of you rich alumni (that will be saving all this money by not buying season tickets) reimburse me on the $500+ I lost tonight. I really think Ball should mail me some cash for my predictament though.

By Tech Fan

December 29, 2005 11:48 PM | Link to this

Ben-

I partially agree with you. Only thing is that its so hard for me to believe that our defense was “wore out”. The didn’t F$%&ing move the first half. They were worthless, and they gave the receivers way too much room. What the hell was going on? I mean, I know I’m not a coach, and I only have high school football experience and PS2 experience, but hell, even I would have adjusted better to the Utes offense.

By Matthew

December 29, 2005 11:51 PM | Link to this

WARUTAH,

He dude… uh, you suck as much as the Bugs do.

If you’d have played any of the other BCS teams last year but an undeserving Pitt team, you would have been killed.

Your team, much like your former coach, the Urban Myth, is vastly overrated. You play in a terrible conference. You play a little p—-y offense, which the Urban Myth is finding out will never work in a real college football conference.

Yeah, you beat a Bug team that was disapointed to play in their bowl. It happens every year to some underdog team. Don’t get too puffed-up. Your team still stinks.

You wanna play some real teams? Come play UGA, or Auburn, or LSU, or South Carolina, or ‘Bama. Our defenses over here would eat your little p—-y offense alive. Like we did the Urban Myth all year. And like we’re going to do the Mountainqueers on the 2nd.

So, have fun with the Bugs, but don’t get too big for your britches.

I mean… you’re a WAC team for cripessakes!

And BugFan… I have a nice life… I just love to revel in your misery. It’s fun, so sue me.

By Kevin

December 29, 2005 11:52 PM | Link to this

Reading this blog is better than more fun than any reality show on TV—and no, I don’t have a life.

By Allen

December 29, 2005 11:53 PM | Link to this

Its bad enough we have to get ridiculed by Dawg fans all year long, but now we have some Ute bloggers to deal with. I guess we’ve finally hit rock bottom when a guy by the handle of “WarUtah” comes into our blog and kicks us when we’re down.

By Ute Fan

December 29, 2005 11:54 PM | Link to this

There’s a reason Utah offense is top 15. What do we need to do to prove ourselves? Before this game, Tech fans were saying, “wait until you face a real defense”. Was that a real defense? Ranked 10th in the country playing against so called “real” teams?

If the “real” football programs would play us in a home and home (not a p*** 1 and done), we would line up to play them.

Get over yourselves and your so called “big time” football.

By Kevin

December 29, 2005 11:57 PM | Link to this

5 losses and playing in the WAC? Come on!

By Russ

December 29, 2005 11:59 PM | Link to this

It’s Called Respect… & ‘Over-Rated…’ GT b*** and moaned that they ‘had’ to play in SF against the UTES… (what is a UTE?) GT thought they just had to show up for the game… Utah had lost earlier games - but held together as a team… Why did your great receiver only have 2 receptions? Simply he was covered by Eric Wettle - Defensive player of the year for Utah and the MoWest. Utah matched up ‘man to man’ in their defensive sets… We control the line of scrimage and dared Bell to find the open reciever… Plus - one thing more… It’s called Coaching… www.nowbrightbox.com

By WARUTAH

December 29, 2005 11:59 PM | Link to this

Dear Matthew,

Dream on, we would have kicked the crap out of Oklahoma, or Auburn last year. Michigan too for that matter.

Oh, and Texas was going to schedule us next year until we had to add TCU to our schedule, when the NCAA approved 12 game schedules, we went to Texas and asked them if they’d like to put us back on their schedule. They won’t touch us with a ten foot pole. Wanna guess why?

Just wait until we jump to the PAC-10.

By Chester

December 29, 2005 11:59 PM | Link to this

Hey Mattspew- I can guarantee you that last year’s Utes would have competed head-to-head with any BCS school and killed them. And I gurantee you that Florida will be much better next year than last- his offense works and Utah still uses part of it- an offense that absolutely embarrased the 10th ranked defense in the country. We’d line up with you. Urban tried to get a Florida/Utah game and the administration told him no way- because your pansy schools are affraid about the prospects of getting beat by an “inferior” team and the associated loss of rankings and bowl money. So get off your little soap box and face the facts. Your team got beat by a better team today… not just beat… embarrassed.

By Ute Fan

December 30, 2005 12:00 AM | Link to this

:rollseyes:

Yeah, 5 wins against the WAC.

:shakes head and leaves:

By Kevin

December 30, 2005 12:02 AM | Link to this

Excuse me, what I meant to say was 5 losses and playing in the Mountain West? Please excuse my ignorance of Division II, I mean Division I football.

By WA_Ute

December 30, 2005 12:02 AM | Link to this

Matthew, now you’ve done it, I fear it will be nothing but Ute posters for you for the rest of the night. And remind me, what was the UGA vs. UF score this year. I guess UM is not all that bad.

P.S. Utah plays in the MWC.

By Matthew

December 30, 2005 12:03 AM | Link to this

Dream on, boys.

Yeah, sure you woulda beat Auburn last year.

Go back to Utah and marry 5 more women.

It’s bad enough I have to deal with the sister-kissers from West Virginia.

Smack talking Mormons is just too much right now.

By Kevin

December 30, 2005 12:06 AM | Link to this

I guess Tech’s not the only school where mediocrity (7-5) is acceptable. Long live the SEC!! Go Dawgs! SEC Champions!!

By Evan

December 30, 2005 12:07 AM | Link to this

Matthew, honestly man, theres a reason we don’t like UGA fans posting in here. That post of yours is perhaps the stupidest compilation of words ever put on the internet, ever. To start with the obvious, Utah is in the MWC, not the WAC. If you don’t even know the absolute basics, then its not hard to imagine how little you know about anything college football related. Your just another lost Georgia fan that stumbled upon a keyboard and thinks someone out there actually cares about your opinion. I’m sure your stupidity got you As in Athens, but this is the real world my friend. And by the way, you chose some tough words to Urban Meyer, a man that dismantled your beloved dogs. Here, I’ll type your rebuttal for you: “But we didn’t have a healthy Shockley, blah, blah, blah…” The Utes put up 38 points against a team that UGA barely put 14 up on. Don’t reply to this, just think about it.

By WA_Ute

December 30, 2005 12:11 AM | Link to this

Side note: All of the GT fans I have had contact with over the last few weeks have been nothing but class. Good look next year!

Here is hoping WV gets lucky.

By Tech Fan

December 30, 2005 12:12 AM | Link to this

Matthew-

The Urban Myth - 1

March Richt - 0

The p—-y offense is the same offense that So Cal is running (3rd year in a row they are in a national title game).

SEC’s vaunted defense? How about you ask Notre Dame what they think of the SEC’s vaunted defense. Maybe its the unvaunted offense that really emphasizes your “vaunted defense”…we put up 28 against Auburn. And if you’re going to make nonconference comparisons, please, bring in UGA’s nonconference games where they had high scores. La Monroe? Boise State? Please.

I don’t care what fan you are, but if you are going to make comments, even if it insults another team, make sure that your comments are credible. Especially in posts dealing with Tech, where I will be there ready to check arguments, make sure they are strong, and not unsubstantiated, not-well-thought random comments. Make SOUND arguments.

By WARUTAH

December 30, 2005 12:13 AM | Link to this

Mattspew is also confused about the nature of Utah. BYU is the mormon school, At the U of U. we like to smoke and drink, and have fun.

By Matthew

December 30, 2005 12:13 AM | Link to this

Evan, get your facts straight.

The Urban Myth didn’t dismantle anyone (unless you’re FSU).

The score was 14-10. We held the vaunted spread for just about no gain for 3 quarters.

The Florida defense, built be the Zooker not the Urban Myth, did a great job against a QB who never had a meaningful snap in four years.

And yes, a healthy Shock equals a win.

Fact remains, Utah and the Bugs suck.

WAC or MWC… I mean… does it really matter?

Let me answer that for you: NO.

Now, where can I get me some sUGAr?

By Dr. Dave

December 30, 2005 12:16 AM | Link to this

Dear GT fans, I’m a 40 year Ute fan and devoted follower of college football. We do have a little awareness of the game out here in the West. Make no mistake about it… we know Georgia Tech has and is a highly respected college, program and reputation. We were lucky to catch you at a time when you obviously were struggling with your sports program leadership. We’ve also been there in recent years. Suggestion, hold your ground as most of you are demanding… and get GT football where we all know it belongs… on top. Thanks for comin’ out west… we owe you one! Dr. D

By Dr. Smith

December 30, 2005 12:18 AM | Link to this

You are giving Utah too little credit. True, Utah was not the juggernaut of last year. But Utah underacheived much of the year and found some innovative ways to lose games. They had better talent than their record. Utah was bigger, stronger and better than Georgia Tech. To say that Utah should not be able to compete with a good ACC team because they are in the Mountain West shows poor knowledge of football.

By Todd

December 30, 2005 12:20 AM | Link to this

Matthew, keep on posting. Your making the SEC and UGA look worse than anyone else ever could. Anyone wondering about the quality of education someone receives at UGA vs anywhere else can look no further than Matthews last several posts. I’m not really annoyed by Matthews posts, I just kind of just feel sorry for the poor kid.

By Chester

December 30, 2005 12:20 AM | Link to this

Here’s is something we all have in common… a belief that the Emeral Bowl is not all that desirable. Not sure if your broadcast folks picked-up on this, but the Utah broadcast team was discussing during the pre-game that the field was only 97 yards because the bullpen fence was in the way. That’s a joke.

By Kevin

December 30, 2005 12:22 AM | Link to this

Amen, Chester.

By Matthew

December 30, 2005 12:23 AM | Link to this

Its not a secret I didnt come to Georiga to get an education! I just wanted to get brainwashed into a metaforical “dixie complex” by my school. Go dawgs!!!! We’ll beat FL next year!!!!!

By Kevin

December 30, 2005 12:26 AM | Link to this

By the way, how many Florida fans are holding up their SEC Championship shirts and cheering right now? Sure is quiet. Been a long time, huh?

By Orson

December 30, 2005 12:31 AM | Link to this

Ha, funny how the UGA fans come into a Tech blog and make fun of Florida! Kevin, Matthew, no FL fans read this. We know you guys are obsessed with beating Florida, but damn, this is a Tech blog. If you want to slam Tech, whatever, but check your Florida insecurity complex at the door. You Georgia fans are too pathetic.

By Kevin

December 30, 2005 12:35 AM | Link to this

How’s this then, Orson? Five in a row in football? Probation? And basketball this year? Hope this helps.

By ACCfan77

December 30, 2005 12:40 AM | Link to this

Matthew, you have no clue what conference Utah is in but you’re some expert on college football? Does it matter what conference they’re in? Yes it does. Knowledge of that fact seperates people into the categories of 1) Fools with internet connections (you) and 2) college football fans. Its funny how I can’t hold a five minute conversation with a UGA grad without them trying to rationalize a UF lose. I almost wish UGA would win the damn game for once so I could stop hearing about it.

By Kevin

December 30, 2005 12:40 AM | Link to this

I forgot one. Has Tech beaten Florida State lately?

By Tech Fan

December 30, 2005 12:42 AM | Link to this

Kevin-

Read my post about getting a life…closely (don’t come to this site to argue about how good UGA is or about how bad FL is…this indicates that you have WAY too much time on your hands and definitely need to get a life). This is a Tech blog. Talk about Tech and Utah. Not UGA, and not Florida.

And remember, don’t be defensive and come back with a reply like you did with Kevin. He made a good point, you showed insecurity by arguing something completely off topic. Stay on the subject, or get out and get a life.

By Orson

December 30, 2005 12:45 AM | Link to this

Kevin, your reaction is exactly what I’m talking about. Thanks for proving my point for me. :)

By Stinger Splash

December 30, 2005 12:49 AM | Link to this

For the love of God, this isn’t about Utah and its quest for respect or UGa and its fans’ quest for available parking, cheap Boone’s Farm and the ability to do some cipherin’. It’s about the absolute abysmal condition of the Georgia Tech football program, plain and simple. And what happened to Coach Braine’s “significant improvement” must be made? Is losing to a Utah team, barely over .500, with a backup quarterback, by 28 points, on national television good enough for you, Davey Boy? As long as Gailey is coach, this program won’t be able to compete at any national level, making Braine’s statements about Tech not being able to do so come true simply by keeping Gailey around. Taz Anderson was right; you don’t teach engineers how to build half a bridge. Maybe we can get the Legislature to change the name of the school to “7-5 Georgia Tech” so it will be easier on the idiot TV announcers for the decades to come. And can anyone calling a Tech game please have the guts to rip them once in a while? After you watch this team “quit” (and I think the Utah kid was right), you ought to blast away at them on the air.

By Kevin

December 30, 2005 12:51 AM | Link to this

Tech Fan, who died and appointed you blog monitor? I think I made some pretty SOUND points in my last two blogs (or maybe you “vacated” those. By the way, aren’t you up at 1:00 a.m. in the morning, too? Don’t you have a life or are you just an insomniac? Night. Night.

By Evan

December 30, 2005 12:53 AM | Link to this

Kevin:

By Kevin By the way, how many Florida fans are holding up their SEC Championship shirts and cheering right now? Sure is quiet. Been a long time, huh?

Who are you even addressing this to? I busted out laughing reading your post. How does a thread about the Emerald bowl between Tech and Utah get Dawg posters picking fights with UF fans?!?!? It would be sad if it wasnt so damn funny. Maybe you really should heed Tech Fans advice.

By Tech Fan

December 30, 2005 12:56 AM | Link to this

Kevin-

We lost and I can’t sleep. And I have a life b/c its MY team that lost, not yours (yet you still blog, and yes, you’ll read this).

No, you didn’t make sound arguments. And they were off topic.

Get off this blog, go to sleep, and dream up better things to post.

By smitty

December 30, 2005 01:04 AM | Link to this

Tech didn’t want to go to this bowl game and proved they didn’t belong. The players never got over whinning about it and showed it from the beginning by their body language. The Emerald Bowl had the last pic in the ACC and I’m sure now they wish they had a better team to choose from.

By Ty

December 30, 2005 01:14 AM | Link to this

This will be my last ‘mediocre’ posting about the team from the Flats…..tired of waiting for positive change….tired of the same old worn-out arguments about why we must accept a coach / QB who ‘don’t get it’….tired of being able to predict the offense and trying to understand how a program ‘mails-in’ their season results.

Worst of all, I’ve watched the apathy grow among the Tech faithful with the mediocre approach to football. (running on the field in 1990 is a dying memory now).

I’ve finally given up (hard to do after three generations and 25 years of season tickets, but this is a worthless waste of time for the Tech fan now)…..That’s it…I’m done.

By George Carter

December 30, 2005 01:30 AM | Link to this

GT got beat by a better team TONIGHT. I’m a Utah fan and am thrilled we don’t have to play thi