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DEL.ICIO.USJackets best in state, ACC
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mark Bradley
The writers’ poll has Georgia Tech No. 13 to Georgia’s No. 16. The coaches’ poll has Georgia No. 14 to Tech’s No. 15. The writers have it right. For the first time since 2000, Tech has a better football team than Georgia.
(We pause here while the governor drafts another letter to the editor.)
Tech is better on offense, better on defense. Tech is better everywhere except at making field goals and tackling kickoff returners. (And Georgia, it should be noted, just lost its field goal kicker.) We really shouldn’t be surprised: Even in preseason it was clear this was Chan Gailey’s most talented Tech team, and signs pointed to this being the least imposing Georgia aggregation since Mark Richt’s first season. The more the two play, the clearer the demarcation becomes.
Tech looks like the strongest team in the ACC. Georgia appears fifth- or sixth-best, depending on what you think of Arkansas and/or Alabama, in the SEC. The Jackets seized on their opening loss to Notre Dame and have gotten better. The Bulldogs, who still haven’t fulfilled the basic requirement of finding a No. 1 quarterback, are more addled now than when they began. Nobody could have imagined that a program with Reggie Ball as its on-field leader would come to be categorized as more composed, but how else to describe it?
The Jackets are learning to play to their offensive strengths: They’re having Ball run more and throw less, and when he does throw it’s most often to Calvin Johnson, who is — pronouncement alert! — the best collegiate player in the land. Georgia has no offensive strengths save Kregg Lumpkin. Georgia scored fewer points in eight quarters against Colorado and Ole Miss than Tech managed in 45 revelatory minutes in Blacksburg, Va.
The Virginia Tech game changed the dynamics not just of the ACC’s Coastal Division but of college football in this football-obsessed state. It was the sort of comprehensive performance — the Jackets led 38-13 before three quarters were done — that identified this as a team capable of much more than the occasional upset. The Bulldogs, by way of contrast, waited five games for a true test — and then flunked it. From 17 points up to 18 points down, the loss to Tennessee was the most deflating of the Richt era because it undercut the foundation thereof.
For the third time in 11 months, Georgia’s defense collapsed. The defense, constructed under Brian VanGorder, was always the unit on which the Bulldogs could rely, but the big-game performance of Willie Martinez, VanGorder’s successor, has left Georgia not knowing what to expect. When a team yields six offensive touchdowns in one game on its field, it can no longer be said to be playing championship defense.
Even with the ballyhooed Quentin Moses and Charles Johnson, the Bulldogs couldn’t trouble Tennessee’s Erik Ainge. Contrast this with the rush — really, more like a whirlwind — generated by Tech’s Michael Johnson and Darrell Robertson with Maryland inside the 10 with the game on the line. Said Gailey: “They were flying off the edges, and that’s a lot to have left late in a game.”
Surely there’s a lot left in these Jackets, who are playing with an assurance unseen in Gailey’s wax-and-wane tenure. The assumption is that Georgia will get better — it can hardly do worse than against Tennessee — and it’s possible the Bulldogs could nose ahead by Thanksgiving.
That said, Georgia hasn’t thrashed Tech lately when it was clearly the stronger side — the Bulldogs won 19-13 in 2004 and 14-7 last season — and it’s hard to imagine Gailey’s best team losing to maybe Richt’s worst. It’s hard to imagine anything, even a statewide executive order, denying Tech this time.
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By toemeetsleather
October 11, 2006 06:59 PM | Link to this
chan’s troops will march thru athens and come out with a laugher….no contest…georgia should start rebuilding cuz they are done for this year…NEERS RULE
By GeeTee
October 11, 2006 07:03 PM | Link to this
This is all fine and dandy….for now…but lets see what plays out w/ Tech on the road at Clemson, NC State and UNC. At the moment, Tech is the better team but that all washes when the ball tees up between the hedges in November.
PS: CJ for Heisman. He isn’t a QB or TB, but is the best overall talent in Div I!!
GO TECH
By wild thing
October 11, 2006 07:04 PM | Link to this
ACC IS PATHETICALLY WEAK so yes you are best of the lest….fsu and miami are more like arizona and arizona st……you should mop up on weak competition and go in to athens with 10-1 record/then lose again to your arch rival
By GeeTee
October 11, 2006 07:09 PM | Link to this
and so is the SEC. Wake Forest mopped up Ole Miss on the road…..and you call the ACC weak?? Come on Wild Thing. Arkansas gave up 50 to USC, who is squeaking by other teams. They waxed Aurbun who seems to lose to Tech every year they play, yet they are rated one of the stronger teams in the SEC??? Go make that argument on another forum.
By OP
October 11, 2006 07:10 PM | Link to this
Sonny won’t like it, but I sure do! Great column Mr. Bradley.
By voice of reason
October 11, 2006 07:16 PM | Link to this
Wow! You should really lay off the cannibis when writing these blogs. Perhaps this is just high octane, venomous spew intended to get a strong reaction. Whatever the case, the ACC cannot hold a flickering candle to the strength of the SEC and the UGA vs. GT game will bear that out.
By misterwax
October 11, 2006 07:26 PM | Link to this
Mark, many thanks for the objective and well thought out article today… keep it up. Mr. Wax
By JMar
October 11, 2006 07:41 PM | Link to this
and so is the SEC. Wake Forest mopped up Ole Miss on the road…..and you call the ACC weak?? Come on Wild Thing. Arkansas gave up 50 to USC, who is squeaking by other teams. They waxed Aurbun who seems to lose to Tech every year they play, yet they are rated one of the stronger teams in the SEC??? Go make that argument on another forum.
Worst. Post. Ever. Stick to the metro blogs, because you have no business talking sports.
By Jon
October 11, 2006 07:51 PM | Link to this
Mark what a disgrace of an article. Other than CJ Tech has had one shining moment against VT who at this point is not proven to be that good anyway. Sure this is Mark Richts worst team yet but still more than capable of smoking Tech. WHO CARES if they haven’t blown out Tech lately can you recall the close losses in the past? ,,, Nope you remember who won the Dawgs did. To quote mark Bradley “Bulldogs won 19-13 in 2004 and 14-7 last season”. Enough said.
Go Dawgs
By longtimedawg
October 11, 2006 08:02 PM | Link to this
GeeTee: If you are a techmite you should understand numbers and statistics. Well here are some statistics: Series Record: UGA leads 57-38-5 sidebar….Tech has only won “8” of the past 35 games against the Men of Athens. Lets talk conferences and teams within. The past 25 years 5 teams from the SEC are in the top 20 in winning percentage…while the ACC has 4. However, without recent additions of Miami, Florida state and Virginia Tech that would leave just Clemson. Now that is pathetic, and the way FLA ST and Miami are playing these days can’t say much about the ACC except VERY WEAK! As for the TECHMITES beating UGA…ya never know bacause, even a blind squirell will find a nut every once in awhile. You guys have found only 8 wins in 35 years. Looks like it will be another long winter on the flats.
Definition of TECHMITES: a small weak insect resembling a bee who lies dormant and will on occassion make noise if they feel they may have a winning season; considered by most to be an endangered spedies due to a shortage of wins; also, considered cheap dawg food by many.
By mystirymes
October 11, 2006 08:05 PM | Link to this
Obviously Mark doesn’t know anything about college foot. First off the SEC is a much better conference than the ACC. My question for Mark is how many top 10 teams are in the ACC compared to the SEC in BCS ranking? I know you don’t know anything about college football so let me help you out. ACC –NONE. SEC – Florida #2, Tennessee #8. If UGA played in the same conference as GaTech, they would probably dominate. I would admit that Georgia Tech has improved a lot this yeah but not good enough to beat UGA come November 25, 2006 in Athens. Mark is going to swallow his own words come November.
By Bear Fan
October 11, 2006 08:20 PM | Link to this
Dear Mark,
Please never run for public office. The entire nose pickin’,Red Man Chewing, Jiffy Lube working, trailer trash vote has been cast away with this one atricle. You could have done no worse if you had burned a Dale Earnhardt #3 Flag or a velvet Elvis painting. Research shows that from a historical veiwpoint based on recruiting and past years….the Dawgs should be much better than Tech. Based on the fervor and passion of the fans…..Georgia should be awesome. Due to the enormous wave a sidewalk fans (trailer parks need sidewalks)the Silver Britches should be kicking butt! They are not. They are really not very good at all. Either they are not being coached up or the press on these recruits was all hype. The can’t run the ball, they can’t catch the ball and they can’t stop a real offense at all. They did have a great kicker. I pity the fool who threw the Dawgs under the bus, but it is done and that bloody red and black carcass is what is left of the Dawgs this year. Is Elvis really dead? Dale Sr? Sonny hates you too….
By Bear Fan
October 11, 2006 08:25 PM | Link to this
Dear Long Time Dawg,
Who taught you to spell species? Jan Kemp, Jim Harrick Jr. or Pulpwood Smith? From what I can see as a football fan, you should cover your nuts. A Blind Squirrel dressed in Black and Old Gold is about to chomp down on them. Good Luck Boys.
By rumble on
October 11, 2006 08:27 PM | Link to this
Two words!!!!!! “of course”
By jackets46
October 11, 2006 08:38 PM | Link to this
“mystirymes” funny how you seem to think that the SEC has 2 teams in the BCS top 10 and the Acc has none because most people would expect someone who tells Mark Bradley that he knows nothing about college football would know that there is no top 10 in the BCS standings because they have not been released yet and won’t be until October 15th, 2006. So actually the SEC has no teams in the BCS top 10 nor does the ACC and if you would read ESPN you would also realize that if all stays steady this weekend the mock BCS standings show USC at #2 not Auburn. But you would have to be able to afford to be an insider, and with all the liquor, chewing tobacco, and illegit children most UGA fans have to pay for, what redneck would actually have the money to pay for knowledge about the subject matter they are discussing.”I bet the Mortgage on that doublewide is really expensive”
By Yell O'Jacket
October 11, 2006 08:43 PM | Link to this
Who are you and what did you do with the real Mark Bradley?
By BirdDawg
October 11, 2006 08:44 PM | Link to this
Mark, you’re going to be beating this drum all year because you have a personal stake in this.
But I don’t care.
No matter how bad Georgia happens to be this year in comparison to year’s past, they’re still going to beat down the Bugs in Athens.
Because, thinking about this, this may be a down year for Georgia, but so far, this is the biggest year for the Bugs, until they lose another game or two, and then lose to us in Athens, and then it’s same old, same old.
So, you know, I actually hope they win all the rest of their games, just to lose to us in Athens.
So that’s fine. Because even though Joe T cannot beat an SEC team, even though Willie The Moron Martinez is still our DC, and even though Mark Richt is still calling the plays, that’s still better then Chan the Man and Reggie Ball.
As for John Tenuta, well, he can coach our defense any time. And I mean that, come coach our defense, because Willie The Moron Martinez is killing us.
The Bugs will lose in Athens. Mark Richt does not lose to Bugs.
By fan
October 11, 2006 08:52 PM | Link to this
Wow, another AJC’er having a field day w/ the Guv.’s ol’letta. Do you ever consider what the masses think about reporters/editors/liars/headline grabbers? Do you care? I mean why do you need to take a crack at this. He’s right, the majority of you (AJC writers) hate true long time Georgians, and your headlines are driven by hatred and insult instead of insight of the emotion of the event. This is why we hate you, we truly do.
By Garry
October 11, 2006 09:00 PM | Link to this
I’m still trying to figure how you supposedly recruit back to back to back Top 5 classes and not put together a national champion in 26 years! UGA puts together a schedule that is a “give me” until midway through each season. They play four games a year. Auburn, UT, UF and GT. Their out of conference schedule is consistently a joke. At least Auburn schedules the likes of USC and UT schedules Notre Dame and Cal.
By BirdDawg
October 11, 2006 09:12 PM | Link to this
Hey Garry, we don’t consider you Bugs to one of our hard games.
So do us a favor, and stop including yourselves. We don’t.
By mystirymes
October 11, 2006 09:13 PM | Link to this
OK, Jackets46, so the rankings have not yet been released. But once they are, we’ll see how many ACC teams (including the mighty Yellow Jackets) are in the BCS top ten, and how many SEC teams are in the BCS top ten. I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for Ga Tech to be there if I were you, if history teaches us anything. With all the geeks over at Ga Tech, a reasonable person would think that they’d be able to come up with a simple equation to score points against a bunch of tobacco-chewing, illegitimate-children-having drunks. P.S. Here’s a tip for future reference: don’t throw the ball away on the fourth down when your team is losing.
By dbt
October 11, 2006 09:13 PM | Link to this
This blog tops them all! I’m going back to more educational uses of my time. The person who thinks that UGA is all redneck trailer-trash needs to see the average SAT and GPA scores of incoming freshman at UGA. (I know Tech has extremely high one, too.) Hey, we could really get nasty and say that UGA hasn’t had an arrested terrorist as a student! Can’t believe that I really said that, so I am definitely giving up this ridiculous time-waster.
By Volman145
October 11, 2006 09:15 PM | Link to this
hey “fan”
I’m a “long time Georgian”.. I’ve been in Georgia for over 16 years now…
The UGA fans in Georgia are so over-zealous that it’s sickening. It was a blessing to see Tennessee expose how BAD and over-rated UGA is this year (and most years for that part).
Don’t blame UGA being bad and editors pointing that out ON THE EDITORS. Just realize that UGA is not going to “win the national title/sec title” like EVERY year the UGA fans say.
I do go to Tech, and I chose that school because it is a better institution that UGA’s sin city. Enough said.
The Georgia Tech/Georgia game will be a close game only because it’s in Sin City. I can see UGA winning only because they will play their hearts out, but I really wouldn’t be surprised if Calvin Johnson (a MAN playing amongst UGA boys) chews up the UGA secondary.
I’m glad Tennessee whooped up on the “great 5-0” UGA… Atleast I won’t see those ugly flags flying and that stupid barking noise every week after BARELY beating horrible teams.
Go Jackets
By BirdDawg
October 11, 2006 09:18 PM | Link to this
Oh, I forgot about that!
The Georgia Institute of Technology - Training Terrorists of the NEXT Generation!
Georgia Tech - We love the Taliban!
The Yellow Jackets - Ossama’s FAVORITE Football Team!
By Bob
October 11, 2006 09:19 PM | Link to this
Everybody can say all they want about GT vs UGA. It seems to me Clemson gets no credit, if I were a Tech fan I would just be hoping to survive that game before thinking about anything else.
By Auburn Grad
October 11, 2006 09:35 PM | Link to this
Auburn is not the same team that we were in 2004, and we are probably going to lose a couple more games this year (or worse). But regarding the comparison with our loss to Arkansas and the Razorbacks big loss to USC: remember AU blew out Washington State 40-14 this year, and USC almost lost to the same club the next month. So comparing scores can be misleading. The SEC is still the best conference, even though we can lose games to other conferences. Regarding, Tech, in the last 11 games, I Auburn is 9-2 versus the geeks from North Avenue.
By Crosby
October 11, 2006 09:35 PM | Link to this
I agree that it is an emberassment to have a suspected terrorist arrested at GT. I always enjoy Mark’s article telling the differences between the two fans. GT fans feel like the vast majority of UGA fans have zero college education and their entire life revolves around a team that was mediocre at best until one of the best coach’s in the nation arrived in Athens. UGA fans feel like GT fans know very little about college football and are only arrogant about their team during winning seasons. In the interest of full disclosure I am a huge GT fan but was not smart enough to go to GT. I do have a college degree however.
By Roger
October 11, 2006 09:39 PM | Link to this
Since 1980(the Dawgs Glory year) here are the appx. totals of national championships that teams in each conference has, either AP/UP or BCS. This is the yardstick of which is the strongest conference, since being National Champions is the goal.
1 ACC-9 National Championships 2 Big12—7 NC’s 3 SEC—6 championships 4 Big 10—4 NC’s 5 Pac 10—1 NC 6—-BYU and NDBy Brizzle
October 11, 2006 09:44 PM | Link to this
Excellent point Bob. Georgia Tech needs to get past Clemson before they do anything. My prediction is they will not (even though I went to Tech and am a huge fan) So why are we even talking about the last game of the season anyway?
And to BirdDawg, you really are as stupid as your username would lead us to believe. I hope you don’t actually go to UGA, because if you do (or did) you’re giving a pretty good school a really bad name.
By jc2beers
October 11, 2006 09:50 PM | Link to this
gt sux
By Mike
October 11, 2006 09:51 PM | Link to this
Tech has not played anyone. Even ND is not that good. Clemson will easily beat the Tech next week. Tech should have lost to a very poor Maryland team. Everyone knows it’s a matter of time before Reggis self destructs. It happens every year. Tech is an embarrassment to the state with the news of a terrorist student. How many others are there? No matter how good Tech students think their team is, they will be beaten handily in Athens. Go Dawgs and 51-7! And, thanks Irish! I hope Chan stays forever.
By mtraininjax
October 11, 2006 09:53 PM | Link to this
Dawgs get ready for losses on the Plains and in Jax. Heading into Athens with 3 losses no SEC championship, Tech will plow through you like hot butter.
Great column Mark - tell that idiot named Jeff we will tar him, feather him and parade him around Sanford Stadium after the Tech win!
By Don
October 11, 2006 10:00 PM | Link to this
Mark Bradley has gone from declaring Georgia the “standard bearers of the SEC” before last year’s Sugar Bowl to clearly inferior to Georgia Tech in the middle of this year.
Of course, left unanswered by Bradley was how a team could be the “standard bearer” of a conference when it has lost 14 of 17 or whatever it is to Florida.
To call Mark Bradley a bandwagon jumper would be an insult to bandwagon jumpers.
By mike
October 11, 2006 10:04 PM | Link to this
Roger
I’m just curious. Are you including in your total national championships, the titles Miami won while an independent and then as a member of the Big East? I know Clemson, Tech, and FSU (twice) won nat’l championships as ACC members but I don’t think Miami has since joining the league. Also I’m thinking that some of those Big 12 titles were won by Oklahoma back in the Big 8 days. I could be wrong. And yes the SEC has expanded as well. I don’t recall Arkansas or South Carolina winning a title since the dawgs did.
By Justknows
October 11, 2006 10:07 PM | Link to this
Player for player Georgia Tech has a better team than Georgia. Point blank! No arguement. As for Tech fans, enjoy it! CJ will not be returning next year. He is a top 5 pick for the draft! UGA have no one to stop him, and they know it. Tech wins big and wins back a little respect! Prediction: 38-6. Only because Chan, unlike Richts, has class and won’t run up the score.
By nodawgshere
October 11, 2006 10:11 PM | Link to this
Yeah, nice going UGA. Last two good teams played. West Virginia and Tennessee. 2 BIG loses!! Continue playing Div. II schools. UGA is the most over rated college in football! To agree with the UGA fans, YES the GT/UGA game WILL prove that. Prepare to lose again at home.
By GW
October 11, 2006 10:12 PM | Link to this
Isn’t this piece in October a moot point? Since the teams do indeed play at the end of November the winner can be best in the state. Bradley is already setting up a close UGA win as a moral victory for Tech and the bugs can claim to be best anyway. If UGA wins, life will go on as usual. If it is Tech, they might sell 1,000 more season tickets next year and the AJC will write about it for 12 months.
By jim
October 11, 2006 10:18 PM | Link to this
Techies as usual dont know how to react to winning a few games.Bulldog fans must remember that its not something techies are use to. I remember when they were Co- National champions they were blogging the same way.I respect tech for the team they have,but in a year when the ACC is very weak its hard to tell where this team will end up.Clempson will be their second loss for sure. Remember reggie there are only 4 downs in football, you idiot.
By Assclowniis Maximus
October 11, 2006 10:19 PM | Link to this
Rogers national championship list has some errors. I haven’t checked it but i know for a fact USC just won two NC’s yet reliable Roger has it listed as 1 for the pac-10.
Instant lose of credibility.
By noel malone
October 11, 2006 10:25 PM | Link to this
let’s just hang on and see what happens. Bradley is well-known for jumping to erroneous conclusions. Tech still has to go to Clemson, and NCState is no sure bet.
By gtne80
October 11, 2006 10:45 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the column, Mark. Problem is, it’s hypothetical, academic, and largely meaningless which team is better on October 11 since they don’t play until November 25. Write the same article on November 24th for publishing in the next morning’s edition.
The proof (or lack thereof) will come on November 25th. Until then, we’re as good as the last time that we played each other (last November) which, as I all too painfully recall, we lost.
For Tech to prevail in Athens, between now and then we HAVE to find a consistent rushing game. If UGA doesn’t believe that we can run, they can triple-team CJ and blitz Reggie. Tenuta’s “D” will show up strong, but we can’t leave them out there all day/night long with those UGA receivers (no matter which chump QB they have heaving it up to them).
For my team (Tech), I continue to say “prove it.” To this point, they’ve answered virtually every challenge. The next “prove it” is “Prove to me that you can go into Death Valley and whip Clempson (sic) on a Saturday night.” I hope the trend of “proving” continues.
By Assclowniis Maximus
October 11, 2006 10:53 PM | Link to this
I did some research and…
Roger is a clown.
University of Miami won all 5 of its National Championships as an independent or member of the Big East! Nice try, trying to manipulate the data to give the ACC 9 NC’s -thus make them the “most successful” conference!
SEC has a total of 5:
georgia - 1980 Alabama -1992 Florida -1996 Tennessee -1998 LSU - 2003
ACC has a total of 4:
Clemson -1981 Tech - 1990 Florida State - 1993, 1999
By Jason
October 11, 2006 10:55 PM | Link to this
Tech 4 National Championships Dawgs 2. Birddawg, didn’t Musa Smiths Dad run a terrorist training camp? Tech will squeak one out at Odel Thurman Quincy Carter Crack Head Stadium
By "GOOD" DAWG
October 11, 2006 10:55 PM | Link to this
Mark Bradley is the classic fence sitter. He does this to promote readership and keep his job because he knows little about college football !!!! I’m a Dawg fan. Elated with the first half against TN. but very disappointed with the second.We have a way to go until late November. Maybe CJ breaks a leg or Reggie has another critical loss of memory. Maybe Joe T. gets hurt as does Charles Johnson or a running back like Kregg Lumpkin. Only time will tell Mr.Bradley !!! Only time.In the meantime, I plan to treat your column as an atheist does the Bible. Seldom reads and never believes !!!
By birddawg is an idiot
October 11, 2006 11:02 PM | Link to this
It scares dawg fan’s to death for Tech to do well. I really don’t get it. quit being so insecure
By K-Dogg
October 11, 2006 11:03 PM | Link to this
Oooh! My conference is better than your conference!!!
Who gives a flip?? The last time I checked, teams (not conferences) played the games on the field.
Whenever someone pulls out their conference card and starts jabbering on about how strong theirs is and how weak everyone else’s is, it makes me want to scream!!! I just don’t see the logic…ugh, why bother.
By da-Junkyard
October 11, 2006 11:15 PM | Link to this
forget about it Tech. You have a great team, and you are playing more complete football then the Dawgs right now, but you don’t know how to win against Georgia, and you certainly aren’t gonna figure it out this year in Athens. When we improve to 6-0 under Richt versus Tech, this year will be a success.
By physicsDawg
October 11, 2006 11:24 PM | Link to this
Hey, at least Mark is being POSITIVE! A little too positive for Tech, I think, but not derogatory to anyone. Nice going. Tech good luck against Clemson. You will need it. And I hope you are the ACC “standard bearer” when we meet in Nov.
By physicsDawg
October 11, 2006 11:27 PM | Link to this
I agree, K-Dogg. playing the conference card is like saying “My daddy can __ your daddy.” Nobody’s “daddy” (conference) is going to be with you in the dark alley (on the field in November).
By Jay
October 11, 2006 11:33 PM | Link to this
To say the Sec is weak this year shows a profound amount of ignorance. Florida and Tennessee would both own the acc this year. What does it say when the two most talented programs in your conference (miami and fsu) arent rated?
That said, Tech is a better team this year. I dont think uga could have beaten VT. ND would have put up way more then 14 points on Uga, seeing that their attack is similar to Tenn is that they spread the ball around.
All you Uga fans who think youre going to beat Tech are kidding yourselves. We’re halfway through the season and you are still flip-flopping your hb and qb…what does that say about your program??? Uga will almost always have more talent, but this year isnt one of them. Not when you’re giving up 51 points at home. Even Tech doesnt do that. Have fun going 8-4, then have your sore loser gov. cry some more and embarrass the state.
By Yo mama
October 11, 2006 11:53 PM | Link to this
I didn’t go to UGA because I already know how to read!
By Corey
October 11, 2006 11:54 PM | Link to this
Georgia’s non-conference schedule is a joke (i.e. Colorado) and they still almost blew it! UGA always start out 5-0, or 6-0… then they play “real” conference opponents (i.e. Florida) and get their asses handed to them! lol Stick to SEC East titles b’cuz a National Championship are above yall heads!
Go Jackets!
By Dana
October 12, 2006 12:03 AM | Link to this
I love it .. This is as good as Corso picking the dogs to win. This goes with Mark’s great history of predicting the future… Ha Ha..I love it.. Bradley and the magic 8 ball or the coin flip…I have many $$ betting against anything that comes out of his mouth (pen)… He should be a weather man… Ha HA
By Ramble on!
October 12, 2006 12:04 AM | Link to this
Mr. Bradley speaks the truth, so don’t shoot the messenger. GT is superior in practically everything with the exception of Equestrian (I have to give the fleabags credit, where credit is do).
Hell, even our ladies basketball team is better now.
You have about 45 days+/- to gloat on you lucky win last year (Kenny Scott lets interception for sure TD go thru his arms), before we swagger in between the weeds, and do some hedge trimming. With the recruits we got coming in this could be the last 40 something days for a very, very, loooonnngg time. Now DEAL WITH IT!
Auburn Grad…what in the mother %##%#$ holy manner of &$#^# ever loving *&#$ for the sake of mother and sisters alike, do you have the nerve to show your face in this blog, after last weeks *##*#game!!!!!!!!
I guess you’re going to tell us how lucky we are for not having to play you this year?
It’s beginning to get very hard to remain so humble when you play in the most superior conference in the USA. Weather it be academics or big-time sports we always have the best teams. We just have the class that comes with being good winners. Being stuck in the middle of SEC blowhard city, can test the patience though.
By Dana
October 12, 2006 12:05 AM | Link to this
Yo Mama You don’t go to Tech either because they don’t take GED’s .. Hint, go get your GED… Or keep selling crack..
By Dana
October 12, 2006 12:10 AM | Link to this
Ramble on.. Superior conference.. Fla State loses to NC State who loses to … Akron… Please watch the tape of Maryland… I would just sit back and pray that one day the ACC would be anything other then a basketball conf. Really I believe you must be smart just football dumb..
By Corey
October 12, 2006 12:11 AM | Link to this
Georgia’s non-conference schedule is a joke (i.e. Colorado) and they still almost blew it! UGA always start out 5-0, or 6-0… then they play “real” conference opponents (i.e. Florida) and get their asses handed to them! lol Stick to SEC East titles b’cuz a National Championship are above yall heads!
Boy, I love UGA fans. No matter how bad their team is… they are still gonna talk trash. Just face it… its a down year, yall are NOT better than Tech (at this point), yall are NOT beating Florida and yall are NOT winning the (yalls beloved) SEC title! Wow, you guys sure are proud of those SEC titles, huh?! lol Thats funny!
By ken
October 12, 2006 12:14 AM | Link to this
Now that’s a good article. People over in Athens will be choking on there cornbread while reading the evening paper. Sonny-do list; shut up Govenor. Take a whipin’ like a man.
By watchoutforduke
October 12, 2006 12:45 AM | Link to this
I don’t see how Tech is going to beat UGA. They are going to be pretty down after losing to duke, again! Ha! We are going to beat you guys like we do every year, check back when you have a qb that knows what down it is.
By JT
October 12, 2006 01:16 AM | Link to this
Calm down Techies. Squeaking out a win over a horrible Maryland team is nothing to brag about. GT loses at least 2 of their next three (if not all of them), they will lose to the Dawgs, and they will then get hammered by some low level WAC in one of the early bowl games, just like they do every year.
By Rico
October 12, 2006 01:26 AM | Link to this
Who cares! Just concentrate on Clemson!!!!! Then Miami. Then NC State, Then Duke. The UNC. Then we can start the smack about who is the best in the state. Right now UGA is better, because the have beat us for the past 5 years.
By suwannoochee
October 12, 2006 01:44 AM | Link to this
I’ve been a journalist for 30 years. It’s always amusing to hear some fool blame the supposed liberals in journalism for all their shortcomings, although I’ll admit it makes a nice target for simpletons. I have no idea how long you’ve been whatever you are, but you’ve most likely been an idiot for even longer. Betcha have one of those “I don’t believe the liberal media” stickers on your pickup truck, too. But myth is a harsh mistress, Mr. fan. Perhaps you might pass this wisdom on at your next Sons of the Confederacy meeting.
By Jake23
October 12, 2006 02:08 AM | Link to this
I will agree that the Dawgs non-conference schedule is weak. That doesn’t do much to help them prepare for the tough SEC schedule. We will see just who the best team in Georgia is on November 25 when GT comes to Athens. A lot can happen between now and then. In the meantime, the Jackets can ride on their high horse for the moment since they are ranked above the Dawgs. However, I’m sure that they will be brought down to reality when they make a visit to Death Valley.
Go Tigers and DAWGS!
By Roger
October 12, 2006 03:28 AM | Link to this
Asscrack to the maximim, you didnt read what I wrote carefully…I said “total of national championships that TEAMS in each conference has”. I did NOT say they won them in the ACC. But Miami etc. IS in the ACC now, and their history, and program is important to the conference as being strong or weak. But yes, the pac 10 has two, other being the AP championship USC won in 2003(but not BCS)
By Murph
October 12, 2006 05:48 AM | Link to this
Bradley’s article is accurate. As a Dawg fan (and it pains me to say this, believe me), I’ve watched both teams play this season, and Tech has the better squad. The difference is Jon Tenuta, who always has his defense playing lights out, and is always well-prepared. Willie Martinez has not shown the same ability to prepare a defense or to make adjustments during the game, and that has hurt the Georgia defense severely. The offense has struggled because of a lack of execution and a lack of imaginative play-calling. I lay the blame for that one solely at the feet of Mark Richt (who is an outstanding person and a very good head coach, but who clearly needs an infusion of fresh brain-power at the assistant coach level). If the two teams played at a neutral site today, Tech would win in a walk. Please note, however, that the game is in six weeks, and is in Athens. A lot can happen in the interim.
HOWEVER, the mean-spirited trash-talking by Tech fans on this Blog about non-football-related matters (i.e. references to education, trailer parks, etc) is not only inaccurate, but inappropriate. Given the fact that Georgia trains the vast majority of the state’s lawyers, teachers, biological scientists, business people, etc., and given the fact that the average SAT score of the entering freshman class at UGA was 1233 this past year (in a very large freshman class—over twice the size of Tech’s), I think the characterization of Georgia fans as uneducated, trailer-dwelling buffoons is more than a little bit unwarranted. Moreover, given the fact that farmers and other folks without college degrees (often denigrated by Tech fans as “rednecks”) have been the economic backbone of this state for centuries, I would hesitate to use that term in a derogatory manner. Let’s keep the focus on football, and off of the disrespectful personal crap that always seems to permeate these discussions.
By JRS
October 12, 2006 06:05 AM | Link to this
Bandwagon Bradley - I’m sure you’ll be calling for UGA as the BCS champion after we beat any number of the following - Auburn, Florida, or Tech.
By ACC Basketblog
October 12, 2006 06:09 AM | Link to this
We’re talking about the Jackets on the ACC Basketblog. Get over there!!!
By WFC
October 12, 2006 06:21 AM | Link to this
I’ll say it again to “Reggie Bashers”: I bet that there were thousands of UGA fans who secretly wish that Reggie had been their QB against Tennessee!
By Kent
October 12, 2006 06:23 AM | Link to this
Georgia needs NOt to brag. Lets look at the SEC you play. Ole Miss, Miss State, Vandy, South Carolina, Kentucky. Outside of Auburn Tennessee and Florida and Tech you will not even play a ranked opponent this year. Now look at those same teams and Tennessee Florida and Auburn have already played 2 or more each. Georgia you have played the weakest line up in the SEC and have squeaked by. No one has played weaker opponents. Tech is the better team this year and Tech cant wait to whip your A* this season!
By daddy
October 12, 2006 06:33 AM | Link to this
Bradley:
Please reassess your ‘best in the ACC’ statement on 10-21-06.
By Mike
October 12, 2006 06:41 AM | Link to this
Yeah Mark- right. And you wonder why you are the laughingstocks of sports writing. Good to know you jumped on the Jackette bandwagon- will be sweet to see how fast you jump off. As long as the Jackettes have Chan and Reggie BBall- UGA will prevail
By DawgFan91
October 12, 2006 06:47 AM | Link to this
Mark, if it ok with you we will decide this on the field. If it were not for tech cheating, I think UGA’s win streak is at 15 yrs or something like that.
By CHILI
October 12, 2006 06:52 AM | Link to this
Jackets best in the ACC? Can’t argue with an undefeated league record, but might change on October 21st in Death Valley.
By T-bone
October 12, 2006 07:10 AM | Link to this
Murph, great post. As a Tech fan/grad, I appreciate your honesty. I also believe that Tech has the better team this year. But I am still scared of playing the dogs. Honestly, Tech still has to prove itself against Clemson, Miami, and NCState, before it faces UGA. But on paper, Tech should win the game.
However, I must say that there have been just as many mean-spirited posts on the blog from UGA people as from Tech people. Crudeness is not unique to where you went to school. It is common to both. And please, let’s not bring up education. No one can argue the fact that it is harder to get an engineering degree than a liberal arts degree.
By GT65_UGA89
October 12, 2006 07:20 AM | Link to this
Sure, as has been said above, UGA has had the stronger program over the years, winning the majority of head-to-head games against GT. Because of the difference in recruiting requirements, yes UGA fans, the Dawgs can and do take chances of those marginal student-athletes that GT’s academic requirements won’t even allow them to consider, UGA will predominantly have the stronger program.
That being said, there are times when GT gets the right players, UGA loses the wrong players, and the Jackets end up with the stronger of the two programs. Doesn’t happen as often as Tech fans would like, but it does happen. GT has actually had the stronger program for two years now, it’s just that the program is finally winning the big games and, as with the Maryland game last week, winning games it should.
That will be the key to GT having a great season, winning the games it should, just like UGA did against the likes of Colorado and Ole Miss, both games were ugly, but the Dawgs came out on top and that’s all that matters in the end.
Yes, UGA has had the predominantly stronger program over the past 25 years or so, but remember Dawgies, GT has as many National Championships as UGA over those 25+ years (and actually more overall NC’s). And really, both schools are rich in football history and tradition, something I don’t think UGA fans realize or will admit to.
There’s a long way to go in the season, but Mark Bradley, at this moment, is correct, GT does appear to have the stronger program right now. And UGA fans may not realize it yet, but GT has what is probably the strongest recruiting class it has ever assembled coming in next year. It’s definitely the strongest class of the Chan Gailey era, so the in-state playing field may remain pretty balanced for a few years to come.
GT65: GT fan since birth UGA89: UGA Class of ‘89
By GAFootball
October 12, 2006 07:21 AM | Link to this
Mark, I am saving your assessment for future ridicule. You can’t possibly know what the future holds for these two teams based on “your” grade for them halfway through the season. I look to Part II of this article after football season.
By tech hater
October 12, 2006 07:22 AM | Link to this
f all of u tech please!!yall have one good year in 17 years and all of the sudden yall are the s__t.tech got lucky to get calvin because his mama didnt want him to go far and short no skilled a* reggie ball,yall can have him.I dont care if we lose every game until tech.when we get yall we are going stomp yalls a*.tech(reggie ball) gets nervous when yall play us.i hate yall go back to class.And mark bradley i thought we told u to go get another job in another country you idiot.
By THL
October 12, 2006 07:30 AM | Link to this
I think/hope Tech will beat UGA this year. They would have the last two years if they weren’t so conservative on offensive those past years. I will refrain from rubbing the Dawgs face in it though until we win two years in a row because they have beaten us four or five years in a row. (I’ll make an exception if the score turns out to be 51-7 though).
By Josh
October 12, 2006 07:32 AM | Link to this
There is no way anyone from Auburn can do any trash talking to Tech fans.
By Top Dawg
October 12, 2006 07:41 AM | Link to this
Mark: I agree the Dawgs have a lot of problems this year and maybe more fundamental problems with the coaching staff than we have dared to even discuss (so far). That said, there is no way one can compare being best in the entire Gay-C-C, let alone the “Coastal Division” to playing football in the SEC. Playing the “mighty Terrapins” and escaping with a four point win is nothing to brag about and comparing that result to playing (winning or losing) a team like Tennessee is comparing apples and oranges. Yes, UGA has problems, but I promise you, they will beat Tech for the umpteenth year in a row.
By Dustin
October 12, 2006 07:43 AM | Link to this
Nerds!
By MAC
October 12, 2006 07:46 AM | Link to this
If Mark Bradley picked Tech, then the best team must be UGA. Bradley’s track record on sports picks is pathetic. I’ve won a lot of money over the years picking the opposite of him.
By brandon
October 12, 2006 07:47 AM | Link to this
hey nerds, is reggie ball still your quarterback? that’s what i thought, see you in november when i’m shaking my keys at you…again.
By mikegadawg
October 12, 2006 07:48 AM | Link to this
Who are you kidding Bradley……the ACC is weak and on a downhill skid. Most credible sportswriters even rank it weaker than the BIG EAST!…..so accolades for best in the ACC isnt saying much Marko. Drop GT in the SEC and see where this “great” team might fall. By game 12 of the season, dont expect the Dawgs to be struggling, but do expect the Dawgs to win big over GT and we’ll settle who reigns supreme in the state of Georgia. For now it’s a moot point…….so save your hot air for some fluff piece in the “Living” section. Go DAWGS!
By Perdue is a Loser
October 12, 2006 07:55 AM | Link to this
First of all UGAG sucks. How many Nat. Championships do you have? The answer is one, haha Loser. GT has four, count them up flea bags. How many Nat. Championships is UGAG gonna win under Richt? Zero. Who cares if you have 10 win seasons. It doesnt mean a darn thing if you don’t make it to the big show. If you go 10-2 and we go 8-4 your team is no better then ours or any other team in the country because you didn’t make it to the big game. You will never be Nat. Champions with Mark Richt as your head coach. Yes he is a good coach, he is the only reason why Ugag has beaten tech the last 4 years. The tables will turn this year because Gailey has finally decided to give up his play calling duties and do his real job. The head coach of GT has to many other things to do besides calling plays. True our QB play the last 4 years hasn’t been great but we will win this year. Our defense is going to be so tuff that you guys will use all three of your QB’s just to have a chance. Oh and you might need to bring Gov. Porky Perdue to help you win also.
By Indydawg
October 12, 2006 07:56 AM | Link to this
That’s it Mark, go ahead and set them up for another fall by Ball this year….
You know, you lose one SEC game and the whole world goes crazy.
“Midget tossing November 25, Athens, Georgia”.
Be there or be square….
By Dawg Gone
October 12, 2006 07:57 AM | Link to this
Fellow Dawgs, we are giving Tech too much credit. A 4 - 1 start does not a 10 - 1 season make. A buzzing in my head tells me that a 2 loss team will be coming to Athens and a 3 loss team will be leaving Athens. That same 3 loss team will be playing for the ACC Championship which if I remember from last years ACC Champion would be a significant improvement.
Wasn’t the ACC Champ last year 7-5? The ACC isn’t weak… they are playing possum… That aside lets talk about the truely weak leagues the big 12 and pac 10.
By Joe
October 12, 2006 08:00 AM | Link to this
Hey Bird Puppie,
Speaking of terrorists, have you forgotten about that so called “fan” of yours, the bona fide graduate with a big G plastered on his mug shot, that thinks running through Hartsfield with a video camera in his hand is ok to shut down the entire airspace in the U.S.? All schools have morons, but in Athens it’s in the gene pool. P.S. As for the article, let’s insure the next time Georgia gets it’s a* kicked by West Virginia or you name it we have a Ga. Journalism grad to spin it - refs, injuries, murder arrests, etc. so Sonny and all of the crybaby’s can be happy until Western Kentucky shows up again.
By Dogcatcher
October 12, 2006 08:02 AM | Link to this
Birddawg, Techhater and the others are an embarrasment to the educated citizens of Georgia. Uneducated trailer trash. Absolutely sickening. These morons are why people amke fun of mutt fans.
By Reality Check
October 12, 2006 08:09 AM | Link to this
GT is not man enough to beat the Dawgs
By jc2beers
October 12, 2006 08:10 AM | Link to this
gt still sux
By Slide Rule
October 12, 2006 08:11 AM | Link to this
My favorite cheer at the GT/UGA game has got to come from the Black & Gold section:
“That’s alright, that’s okay, you’re gonna work for us someday…”
GO TECH
By Russ Brock
October 12, 2006 08:12 AM | Link to this
Yup. GT is a better team than UGA. Now. But when the insects come ‘tween the hedges, they won’t be. The Dogs will come out on top as usual. The D will pressure Ball and he will try to run and they will break that little runt in two bringing a wonderful end to the Ball era at Tech. If only we could reach the end of the Vick era, football would be fun for the entire state of Georgia again.
By Mark
October 12, 2006 08:12 AM | Link to this
Ole Mark you are so fickle like a girl
By airduke
October 12, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this
It’s nice to hear the Jacket fans enjoying this pre-game victory over the SEC champions two months from now. It seems like yesterday that they were beating us last October, and October of ‘04, and October of ‘03…….It’s amazing what a goalline stand against Maryland will do for a team’s confidence. Tech would have been Maryland’s signature win of the season. As it stands, they’ll have to be satisfied with that thrashing of William & Mary. Tech would stomp William & Mary. And apparently, Tech has wrapped up its 6th consecutive October win over UGA. That is great news. Congratulations and let me give a shout out to Ahmed and Shareef and the boys down at the Tech chemistry lab. Keep up the good work down there.
By Slide Rule
October 12, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this
Hey Murph,
I appreciate your thoughts on the recent upswing in UGA’s SAT scores. I would remind you that the vast majority of UGA Alums do NOT fall into the 1200+ SAT range.
Once your UGA guys drop the Terrorist chants, we’ll drop the Redneck chants. Deal?
By Dean
October 12, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this
Just another example of the AJC’s liberal bias against Sonny Perdue and all things Georgia.
I can’t believe those Godless leftist commie pinko freaks have inflitrated the sports department.
No wonder nobody reads or trusts this publication.
By reality check
October 12, 2006 08:15 AM | Link to this
gtne80 is a Tech fan. I’m a Georgia fan, but I certainly agree with his point there is a lot of football to be played yet this year, including the game in Athens.
All the talk by sports writers and fans means nothing on the field. We’ll all find out who has the better team when the game is played.
By Average Joe
October 12, 2006 08:15 AM | Link to this
Wait just a minute. I thought the Mighty Dawgs didn’t even consider the GT game to be a rivalry. I’ve heard more “Shanes” from UGA say UF and Auburn are their biggest rivals. Maybe it’s a little doubt creeping in about this year’s outcome???
By Russ Brock
October 12, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this
Hey, as a Georgia Southern alum and life-long Dogs and 23 year Eagles fan I say, fire Willie and rehire VanGorder. He’ll be available very soon as sorry as Southern is playing. He couldn’t even inspire the Eagles to win for Erk even after Erk addressed the team the day before he died. I’ve never been more ashamed of a GSU team in my life.
By Melinda
October 12, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this
Bradley may be right. But Tech will always suck. Go Dawgs!
By George P. Burdell
October 12, 2006 08:18 AM | Link to this
Go Jackets!
Go Mark Taylor!
By It's 4thdown Spike the BALL
October 12, 2006 08:20 AM | Link to this
Tech will CHOKE once again…Gailey does NOT know how to win against the DAWGS and it will show again on the 25th of November.
As for Reggie, I wish you had FOUR MORE Yeers - that would spell FOUR MORE Vicktories!!! CJ had one touchdown catch last yeer and he won’t get that this yeer.
You guys can’t recroot either. We will dominate you guys and you will NEVER see the day that Tech beats the DAWGS! Suck on that, Nats!
By Kasey
October 12, 2006 08:23 AM | Link to this
Time will tell, won’t it? Instead of making comparisons that don’t hold water, I’ll just wait until November 25th to see who the best team in the state really is.
By B. J. Jackson
October 12, 2006 08:25 AM | Link to this
This is in response to “Long Time Dawg”
One thing is clear Techmites can spell and they can win. WHAT IS A SPEDIES? Check your definition below. Your spelling is weak. It is best to remain silent and called a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
“Definition of TECHMITES: a small weak insect resembling a bee who lies dormant and will on occassion make noise if they feel they may have a winning season; considered by most to be an endangered spedies due to a shortage of wins; also, considered cheap dawg food by many.”
By mart
October 12, 2006 08:31 AM | Link to this
I agree with the above reader who called M. Bradley a fence sitter. It wasn’t too long ago (this season) that Bradley was saying UGA was loaded for a national championship. There’s a credibility problem there. That said, Bradley’s right—-Tech appears to be MUCH better at the moment. In fact, if Tech doesn’t beat Ga. this year they might as well surrender forever the rivalry.
By mountain_jim
October 12, 2006 08:31 AM | Link to this
All this talk worries this Tech alum - Clemson in Death Valley next…. If I were Mark I would have waited until after a GT win in that game to write this column.
Go Mark Taylor!
By RED FOREMAN
October 12, 2006 08:32 AM | Link to this
DEAR “ITS FOURTH DOWN”.
YOU ARE A TYPICAL “DAWG FAN”
NO DEGREE, NO JOB AND LIVING WITH YOUR IN-LAWS AT THE TRAILER PARK.
ITS SPELLED “VICTORY” AND “RECRUIT”
WHAT A DUMBASS…
By SkyDog
October 12, 2006 08:33 AM | Link to this
Mr. Bradley, you just caused widespread tickle piles on the North Ave. campus.
You can’t overlook the fact that Tech will always lose a game that they are supposed to win (remember Duke?). That said, Clemson will mop the field with them, don’t count Miami out, and NC State will prevail in Raleigh.
The Dogs may not have their best team on the field right now but the Nerds are our little sisters. They will finish 8-4 at best and order will be restored as it ALWAYS is!
By PeachQueen
October 12, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this
Mark Bradley is sitting on a barstool with his head in a beer glass right now, nursing his wounded typing hand. This article must have hurt so bad for him to write—- was that really a compliment he just paid to Tech?
Hell hath frozen over in the Bradley household- he finally admitted that Tech is good at something - and (gasp) better than UGA at a sport!! FINALLY! GO JACKETS!
PS- I rather enjoyed Sonny’s note to the AJC. But I took his statement of “all things Georgia” to mean that the AJC has a pessimistic attitude towards “all things to do with the STATE of Georgia”- not the school “Georgia”. With that interpretation, I can only assume that Sonny was correct in his statement- as the AJC has nothing NICE to write EVER! I guess crime, blood and guts, sex, sport losses, and negative stories are what sells the papers, right? Yall check out www.happynews.com sometime and tell me that doesn’t lighten your day!
By Glenn
October 12, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this
Why is everyone wasting their time on this debate?
Both teams are 5-1, ranked in the top 25, and have TOUGH games ahead.
Rather than focusing on the past, or what may occur several games in the future, I suggest BOTH teams prepare for their next opponent.
Jeez, why can’t all of you just support your team and stop all of the crazy and derogatory insults?
By Techie Fact Checker
October 12, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this
If we’re going to use The Tech/Alabama method for counting Mythical National Championships then count is UGA: 5 Tech: 4. If we’re talking about CONSENSUS National Championships, then UGA has 2 and Tech has NEVER won one. UGA also has MORE SEC Championships than Tech has SEC & ACC championships. UGA leads the all-time series 57-38-4. Georgia has had more Heisman trophy winners, more All-Americans, has been to more bowl games, has won more bowl games, has a higher winning percentage, and has won more games all time than Tech. And for all the folks mentioning the term “overrated”. Georgia is actually one of the most underated teams over the past 25 years. Only 6 times in 25 years has UGA finished lower in the polls than they started. 15 times have they finished higher than the started including 4 of the 5 years Richt has been at UGA. Tech has a fine team and may win this year. Just don’t be shocked if they don’t. Btw, this bad UGA will probably finish with 9-10 wins, win their bowl game, and be right back in the top 10 next year. Can Tech say the same? And any of you clowns that are “toolish” enough to talk about the academics myth between UGA & Tech, rednecks, and the like. Get a grip.
By mike
October 12, 2006 08:39 AM | Link to this
I’ll let you clowns try to figure out who has the 2nd best conference behind the Big-10. Mark just so you know there is football outside of the southeast. Calvin Johnson isn’t even the best wide receiver in college. See: Mario Manningham (Michigan) or Ted Ginn (OSU).
By Tommy Boy
October 12, 2006 08:39 AM | Link to this
SONNY IS RIGHT !!!!
By Rogers Willy
October 12, 2006 08:40 AM | Link to this
Bee stings Dog. Dog runs in circles. Dog gets run over by Volunteers. Squashed by Volunteers. Volunteers wish they could stomp on tiny Bee.
By Bryan
October 12, 2006 08:41 AM | Link to this
I love it how Georgia fans revert to the SEC is better than the ACC when there team SUCKS!!!!! First of all I have no doubt that the SEC is better than the ACC but do me a favor PROVE IT sometimes. Play tough out of conference games. The SEC continues to use this perception that they are the best when they only play with themselves (pun intended).
Georgia fans gets your heads out of that thing that you like everybody to kiss thinking your so great and look at the facts this year. In your so called tough game you lost and lost badly. Tech is 1-1 and if a call or two went the other way we would be 2-0 and in the Top 10 of that BCS poll that is not out yet. I seriously doubt you would have beaten Notre Dame, or Virginia Tech in Blacksburg.
But this column was not needed because we can’t call Georgia Tech better than Georgia because we have to beat them on the field first. But you cannot say Georgia is better right now than Georgia Tech neither. Lets just all call this what it is and thats the AJC sucking.
So SEC you just keep filling up those 100,000 seat stadiums and believe that you are the best which you are not and we will just go on our way because we have bigger games this year than at Athens anyway. Oh and if the so called best team in the SEC Florida played the Top 10 teams in the country what would that record look like. Ohio State: Loss, Michigan: Loss, USC: Loss, West Virginia: Loss, Louisville: Loss, Texas: Loss, Tennessee: Win, Notre Dame: Loss maybe, and Cal: Win. Thats 2-8 maybe 3-7 that records not that good. So much for that dominate conference.
By Jon
October 12, 2006 08:43 AM | Link to this
I don’t know about you - but I’m just proud as can be the UGA fans can read this.
By wes
October 12, 2006 08:44 AM | Link to this
I didn’t realize there were so many fortune tellers in the state of Georgia.
BTW, Calvin Johnson is God’s apology for making Georgia fans.
By trevor
October 12, 2006 08:45 AM | Link to this
NO way there the best in the ACC…Clemson is much better and will prove it. BC and Miami is better as well.
By wes
October 12, 2006 08:45 AM | Link to this
I didn’t realize there were so many fortune tellers in this state.
BTW, Calvin Johnson is God’s apology for making Jawja fans.
By GTSporty
October 12, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this
To Murph - I don’t think anyone on here has anything to say about the UGA students/ grads; it’s more the “fans” that are the embarrassment of the State. As for being “mean spirited”, how about all the terrorists references being thrown at GT - that is NOT fair. I don’t think anyone on this blog would support anything mildly related to that type of activity. I’d like to know how many UGA “fans” on this blog are actual graduates and what you hold a degree in? The bottom line is that it’s a known reality that a Tech degree means more than a UGA one and that while Tech has a much smaller pool of talented athletes to choose from, we still manage to put together some pretty fierce sports teams, whether it be baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, football, etc. Plain and simple UGA “fans” are just jealous! UGA does have a great Vet and Law school, but outside of that, it’s just a basic college with a lot of degree options. You SHOULD have the better athletes and it’s just funny when you don’t! As for the admission requirements being tougher, you can thank the HOPE scholarship for that. It pains me to have to travel to Athens for a game, but win or lose; I’ll still walk with pride b/c UGA has got NOTHING on Tech!
By Jon
October 12, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&urlchannelid=36&urlarticleid=20286&urlsubchannelid=&changewellid=2
By Glenn
October 12, 2006 08:47 AM | Link to this
mike, If you ever saw Calvin Johnson play in person, maybe you would be more respectful. Frankly, I’ve only seen the two Big 10 receivers you alluded to on TV so I cannot say anything bad about them.
What I can say is that both of them have had many more opportunities than Calvin, and the national consensus, not the emotional homey display you are exhibiting, is that Calvin not only is the best receiver in the country, but many publications and experts are now listing him as one of the best overall players in the Country, and I can assure you every program in the Country, including those in the Big 10, would kill to have Calvin playing for them.
By ATLER
October 12, 2006 08:50 AM | Link to this
You uga fan always talking about how many times you won the series, but remember who won the last National Championship for the State. Just ride on 75/85N and look to your left when you pass the Varsity. Enough said!!!
By C tha 1
October 12, 2006 08:52 AM | Link to this
I hear alot of people talking this and that about Tech. Yeah they play in a weaker conference, and the majority of you all have written off Martinez’s ability as DC, with that said how will UGA cover Calvin Johnson? The guy is built like T.O. without the attitude.
By Garry
October 12, 2006 08:56 AM | Link to this
Funny that “Bird Dog” says that “We don’t consider you”. Are you kidding me? Scroll up my friend and read!
By Brooks
October 12, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this
Tech’s defense is not that good. You can say all you want to about the Dawgs but don’t think that Tech is something special. They should have lost to a mighty Maryland squad last week who I might add won a thriller over Florida International the week before 14-10. Until the bees come into Athens and beat us they can say all they want about who is better. We will shut down “CJ” just like we did last year. As far as the close wins are concerned a W is a W. Last year was pretty impressive. We held Tech to 7 points at their place. Everybody thought it was Tech’s year. Well it wasn’t. Tech fans are desperate. I would be too if I knew that “CJ’ was leaving and my ballclub was getting cleaned out. Tech fans just want something to talk smack about. That’s all they have. Tech fans are scared to death of coming back to Athens they just don’t want to admit it. GO DAWGS
By brian
October 12, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this
Man, UGA fans out there, you guys were matched up with West Virginia in the Sugar Bowl, what a slap in the face, your prestigious dawgs deserve a better opponent than a Big East team….oh, oh wait, now I remember, hmmmm, not such a good day was it?
By Enoyls
October 12, 2006 09:04 AM | Link to this
51-7
nuff said
By Rogers Willy
October 12, 2006 09:05 AM | Link to this
Question- Why did the GA DOT eliminate the North Ave Exit by the Varsity? Answer is two part…. a) To see if the rats at Tech could figure out a maze…..b) To take away GA TECH students side jobs of washing auto windshields.
By brian
October 12, 2006 09:05 AM | Link to this
dear Glenn- …because we ignant and don’t know no betta and we bored…
By Buddy
October 12, 2006 09:05 AM | Link to this
Great article Mark and by all the comments on this board as usual the UGAG fans are their normal self and can not face the fact that GT has the superior team this season. They want to bring up a 4 point win to Maryland which at the time was a 3-1 team oh but fail to mention the close calls to an 0 for Colorado team and a misserable Ole Miss team that Wake scorched.
All this mention about the ACC being so bad these fans need to look at it before running the mouth. Look at the records between the conferences the past couple of years and yes the ACC is on top and after this season we will be as well. Already up one. The SEC is not all that so get over yourself please and get a life.
By dawg fan
October 12, 2006 09:07 AM | Link to this
I wish you would have waited until November to write this one. The Dawgs will squash the termites again. Tech will always be second to Georgia no matter how hard the AJC tries to lift them up. Tech fans don’t get to excited about the recent press cause the AJC will can you as quickly as they have crowned you. Always Jumping to Conclusions
By Sonny
October 12, 2006 09:07 AM | Link to this
In it’s last bowl, Tech was matched up with Utah from what conference? What were the results of that epic matchup?
By Erin
October 12, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this
Ok, so I didn’t go to either school but am a Tech fan (my boyfriend went there). Having been to a game at both places, I have learned that UGA fans are the most obnoxious arrogant people in all of college football and so are their players (I’ve met a few out on the town). On the other hand, Calvin Johnson is one of the nicest most unassuming people you would ever want to meet and Reggie is quiet and unassuming (yes, I know, he wasn’t always that way). YOu have to give it to Tech this year, they look fantastic. Defensive line is STRONG and the offense is great. They are playing as a TEAM for once, each part of that team is doing their job. UGA failed their first test against Tennessee. Prior to that, they hadn’t played a single ranked team. So suck it up, Dawgs, the bees are coming to town and they are GOING TO kick your asses. I will be there in Athens proudly with my Gold on…
By Phil Hale
October 12, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this
Georgia will beat the ** out of those Notre Dame wannabe’s. The Atlanta rag can talk down to the great university all they want … even if Georgia quit it’s football program tomorrow I would never pull for tech
By DavidD
October 12, 2006 09:09 AM | Link to this
I’m a diehard Dawg, but I think you’ve got it right this time Mark. Sometimes we don’t want to accept what we’re seeing right in front of our eyes, but Georgia’s defense has slipped significantly under Martinez, and we still haven’t figured out that you can win by running the ball. I think CMR will take a step back eventually and evaluate where we are, but I don’t think it happens until the end of the season. All that said … the Dawgs will beat Tech again this year … just because.
By dawg fan
October 12, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this
Actually Colorado won the National Championship in 1990, tech got voted in late in the afternoon by the second poll after whinning and crying all day to the pollsters.
By OZZY
October 12, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this
Why is this even a debate? The facts will be known the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Typical sensationalism by the Paris Hilton loving AJC.
By jc
October 12, 2006 09:11 AM | Link to this
Perhaps the Dawgs are studying in the class room, thus lacking the ability to use brain power and physical power at the same time. UGA Sucks! Go Tech!
By Fred Garvin
October 12, 2006 09:11 AM | Link to this
Interesting article. Now if Tech actually wins for the first time in 6 years, we’ll know how smart you are.
By JDW
October 12, 2006 09:11 AM | Link to this
Doesn’t say much for your conference when Tech is the best you have and Wake Forest might be second best. No doubt the DAWGS are down this year but as the last 50 years have shown smacking the Bunglebees is not a tall order. By the way ATLER you did not WIN the National Championship you SPLIT it with Colorado (yes the same Colorado you Nerds like to say is a weak opponent. Last true 1A national championship was by the DAWGS in 1980.
By Schirm
October 12, 2006 09:12 AM | Link to this
I don’t know what will happen in Athens this November, but I can sure see that the Tech fans win the “Grammar Bowl”. I hope some of these UGA fans didn’t actually conjure up a degree from Athens.
By JDW
October 12, 2006 09:12 AM | Link to this
Doesn’t say much for your conference when Tech is the best you have and Wake Forest might be second best. No doubt the DAWGS are down this year but as the last 50 years have shown smacking the Bunglebees is not a tall order. By the way ATLER you did not WIN the National Championship you SPLIT it with Colorado (yes the same Colorado you Nerds like to say is a weak opponent. Last true 1A national championship was by the DAWGS in 1980.
By dawg fan
October 12, 2006 09:13 AM | Link to this
Mark Bradley does not know a football from a potato, who believes anything he writes
By DEA
October 12, 2006 09:15 AM | Link to this
UGA leads in production of pot heads in SEC and NFL!
By John
October 12, 2006 09:15 AM | Link to this
Don’t worry about Tech in Death Valley. Even if Clemson cheats to win - we still will get revenge against them in the ACC Championship Game and WILL be the Best in the ACC!!
By Jon
October 12, 2006 09:16 AM | Link to this
Enoyls, it was 51-33, give yourselves a little more credit.
By William
October 12, 2006 09:17 AM | Link to this
Like Rick Flair has always said, “To be the man, you gotta beat the man.” And until Tech wins, Georgia is “the man.”
By Reality Check
October 12, 2006 09:20 AM | Link to this
I think it’s reasonable to say that Georgia Tech has a better team than Georgia by the evidence at this point of the season, but I believe you’re jumping to conclusions a little quick Mark Bradley. I don’t think you can definitively say Tech has the best team in the ACC unless they defeat Clemson, who many believe is the ACC’s #1 team, in their next game. Only then would I be pretty sure they can survive Miami & NC State on the way to the ACC Championship, and have a better team than UGA. Right now, I think all that’s evident about the Tech-UGA game is that it will be a good one.
By SRF
October 12, 2006 09:20 AM | Link to this
After UGAg plays the next two joke teams - Vandy and Miss State - SEC powerhouses, they will be back to dancing and proclaiming themselves wonderful again. Tech may win a close one at Clemson but the pollsters will rank UGAg higher - just because they love them.
By tim
October 12, 2006 09:20 AM | Link to this
“it’s hard to imagine Gailey’s best team losing to maybe Richt’s worst.” Congrats Tech fans you just got the kiss of death….Mark Bradley predicting a victory! What happens Bradley when “Gailey’s best team” does lose to “Richt’s worst”?
By proteustein
October 12, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this
This is nothing more than Mark Bradley’s opinion and you know what is said about opinions …! We will see who’s the better team once the two teams have played each other on the field, anything said before then is simply more Lou Holtz mumblings … your mumblimg Mark … your mumblimg Mark!
By What the?
October 12, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this
OK….Tech is having a good year….and they may end up being the best in their division of the ACC….which BTW is weak this year. However, Tech will lose to Clemson and maybe to NC State this year. As for the Dawgs…they have not played a complete game yet…if the D is playing well the O can’t be found. When the O starts to click the D runs away. Based on play so far neither team is good enough to write about! Tech has one impressive win and the Dawgs? nothing yet…but they will at some point win an SEC matchup against one of the bigger names this year. Florida is the team to beat in the SEC right now which is stronger right now than the ACC…however, the SEC hurts its rankings every year by beating up on each other and bringing records down…the ACC usually has one or two very good teams and one or two teams who are pretty good. This year in the ACC those 4 teams are Clemson, NC State, Tech, and Va Tech…the great thing about football is that on Any Given Saturday your team can win or lose…they all hold their own fate each game day…Bring it each game and there isn’t a discussion like this…if Tech beat ND there wouldn’t be any discussion, if the Dawgs beat Tenn no talking…but they both have shown bright spots and very poor play as well. Neither will play in a BCS game this year and ultimately that is the goal. Tech squeeks by this year with a 14-13 win…
By savgt
October 12, 2006 09:23 AM | Link to this
I think all the talking should be done on the field, but Georgia does look bad and Tech looks pretty good. Hopefully Tech will stay on track and even though I’m a die hard GT fan I hope UGA wins at least most of there games left, so that when we beat them in Athens it will mean a lot more. Go Jackets!!!!!!!
By ATLER
October 12, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this
Brooks you sound desprite like all uga fans do when they lose to Florida or Tenn. Get a life you redneck. Go Tech it’s our year and there nothing you can do about it.
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 12, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this
Usually all this bantering back and forth between our beloved fans ends with one side saying “wait till basketball season.”
Play the damn game please.
By Michael
October 12, 2006 09:27 AM | Link to this
Typical over-reactionary comments based on one or two weeks of results. I think over the long haul that the facts will bear out that UGA is still better than Tech, and will still win in Athens. And it’ll be that much sweeter for us because the silly Techies are allowing themselves to be deluded into visions of grandeur. It’ll be fun to squash their fragile egos, AGAIN, and send them off to yet another first year, Pre-Christmas bowl game in some dawg-forsaken hinterlands location.
By Football Fan
October 12, 2006 09:28 AM | Link to this
The AJC, with the exception of Tony Barnhart (the only writer at the entire paper worth a darn) bias. They love tech, and I think it has to do with the fact that guys like Bradley and Bisher have more in common with mediocrity than they do with excellence.
On another note, at the moment, tech is rolling and the dawgs had a bad night last Saturday night. With that being said, Richt’s team’s bounce back and will still put together a good season. I want Tech to do well. It just makes beating them that much more fun.
How bout we say this: Whichever team beats the other lays claim to the title “best team in GA” for one year.
By T the big DAWG
October 12, 2006 09:29 AM | Link to this
I wish for once that TECH fans would have something to look forward to. Being a BULLDOG fan we know that feeling all to well of winning so let the little bees feel it for a while. Lets see would you rather go see a better team from the beautiful area of Athens or a team from the crime and drug infested streets of the ATL? Come on now we all can get down and dirty when it comes to our teams however there is only one place to lay it all on the line!! THE FIELD!!! So who is the better team we will see soon enough. As far as the fans we know who has the best fans come on now no contest GO DAWGS.
By Rogers Willy
October 12, 2006 09:30 AM | Link to this
UGA PEOPLE- Doing a verbal battle of wits with Tech People is like beating on a defenseless man, er, woman. Maybe a man in womens clothing, maybe even a woman in mens clothing….Who can tell the difference…..BEE GENTLE
By Lee
October 12, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this
**I AM A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY (1955) AND HAVE ATTENDED MOST ALL GAMES HOME AND AWAY SINCE THEN.
I DO NOT THINK TECH HAS THE BEST TEAM BUT THEY WILL WIN THIS YEAR FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON.
TECH REALIZED THIS YEAR THAT YOU NEED AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR TO CALL PLAYS FROM THE PRESS BOX AND THIS HAS JELLED THEM INTO A VERY GOOD TEAM. MARK RICHT, A GREAT COACH, HAS NOT YET ACCEPTED THIS FACT.
THE ILL ADVISED PASS PLAY NEAR THEIR OWN GOAL SATURDAY , WHICH WAS INTERCEPTED, CHANGED THE GAME TOTALLY IN THE BIG ORANGE’S FAVOR.
UNTIL MARK UNDERSTANDS THIS AND TURNS THE PLAY CALLING OVER TO MIKE BOBO OR SOMEONE ELSE WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE PROBLEMS.
MARK RICHT IS THE FINEST PERSON IN AMERICA FOR THE GEORGIA HEAD COACH JOB BUT YOU CAN NOT SEE FROM THE SIDELINE WHAT YOU CAN FROM THE PRESS BOX.
HOPEUFLLY GEORGIA WILL STILL FIND A WAY TO BEAT TECH THIS YEAR BUT THE CHANCE IS LESS LIKELY THAN IN THE PAST.
BLEEDING RED AND BLACK AS ALWAYS.**
By Engineer
October 12, 2006 09:32 AM | Link to this
Tech fans are nervous about going to UGA as always, but the difference is that this year the UGA fans are definitely nervous about Tech as well. We’re smarter, your girls are hotter, we study, you party, you have rich successful alums we have slightly richer successful alums. I spent many of Friday and Saturday night in Athens enjoying the scenery. It all depends on what you want. The important thing is that we all get trashed at the tailgate, party hard, and let the players and coaches decide who the best is.
By GTSporty
October 12, 2006 09:33 AM | Link to this
Will all the GT fans on this blog please do us all a favor and check your spelling/ grammar before you post? Thanks!!!
By modestd
October 12, 2006 09:33 AM | Link to this
Jackets will lose. Taylor will lose.
By Ramble ON!
October 12, 2006 09:34 AM | Link to this
We interrupt this blog to bring you a special news bulletin. Tenn has scored again…
Techie fact checker—-you must be checking your facts with ODELL in between bong hits.
UGA has two consensuses NC???? Ohio St. in 1942 (one of the NC your claiming, because it can’t be any other year) had more publications/organizations awarding them the NC. These other three, you must be confusing with lady gymnastics.
When GT plays the mutts this year, it’s not going to matter whose the starting QB All of them will be knocked out of the game!!!!
By dawgcatcher
October 12, 2006 09:35 AM | Link to this
If Jethro Bodine were a fleabag, he would double the IQ of the entire school. UGAy SUCKS!!!!
By modestd
October 12, 2006 09:36 AM | Link to this
Was it not a tech player who got busted with a lot (and when I say a lot I mean a lot) of pot two years ago? At least our players are users and not the scum that peddles that crap…..
By Jumping to Conclusions
October 12, 2006 09:38 AM | Link to this
I have to question the intelligence of righting this blog before the Georgia Tech- Clemson game. Until Tech beats Clemson, they can hardly lay claim to the “best in ACC” title and it’s equally unclear that they’re a better team than Georgia. Win against Clemson and its fair to say they should handle Miami & NC State on the way to the ACC Championship game, and have a better team that will defeat UGA in Thanksgiving Weekend. Until then, why does this blog even exist?!?
By techaholic
October 12, 2006 09:38 AM | Link to this
NEVER annoint a Chan Gailey team early in the season. Past history proves no fan or writer should be doing that.
Never put the cart before the hourse with Gailey, he’s shown too many times at Tech that for every big game won, there’s a lesser game lost.
Let the season play out because more then any coach before him - you never know what you’re going to get with this coach.
By 2N4YEARS
October 12, 2006 09:38 AM | Link to this
Oh CRAP!! Now that TENN has won a game for the 2nd time in 6 years, every Hillbilly will be out of hibernation! Where were you VOLMAN last year after a 5-6 campain & getting waxed by Vandy?? TECH fans, you haven’t beat the DAWGS in 5 years. Until you do UGA is the ‘TOP DAWG’. Read & weep.
By Lew
October 12, 2006 09:39 AM | Link to this
I’m sorry, i don’t live in Georgia.
Who is mark Bardley?
By Alan
October 12, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this
Who cares!! Honestly, neither team is a national championship contender. Find something meaningful to discuss like how good of a year Calvin Johnson is having or if Mark Richt will ever stick to the running game?
By NonNERD
October 12, 2006 09:42 AM | Link to this
All of you guys are forgetting; Reggie Ball is the best defensive player UGA has had in the past few years. Besides, all of you nerds are getting worked up over mid-season rankings. You need to simmer down, it’s a long season. Then you get to come to Athens (yes we have girls there) and loose!
By Jacket hope
October 12, 2006 09:45 AM | Link to this
Bravo for your bravery Mark Bradley. Great article.
Is Tech the best team in the state? We will see.
Is Calvin college’s most talented player? I think so too.
By dawgman
October 12, 2006 09:48 AM | Link to this
Your right Mark tech does have the better team but I think the dawgs will get better and not let tech beat us at sanford!!!! NO WAY!!!!!!!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS SIC EM WOOF WOOF WOOF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
By YourGTBoss
October 12, 2006 09:49 AM | Link to this
**GT National Titles - 4. UGA Titles - 1. GT Final Fours - 2. UGA Final Fours - 1. GT Academics - Elite. UGA Academics - Not so much.
We own UGA. Thank God I went to GT.**
By wojoe
October 12, 2006 09:50 AM | Link to this
what an idiotic article. the question of who’s better of the two will be answered on the field. Exactly as it should be. Not in some moronic news article. GO DAWGS!!
By Rogers Willy
October 12, 2006 09:52 AM | Link to this
2N4YEARS- Not only am I amazed that you still have outdoor plumbing, I am really amazed it has Internet access. You can thank the Engineers of Ga Tech for that. Hobnail boots to you…Tennessee last 2 of 3, 19-15-2 overall, and now HALF A HUNDRED in your backyard. OUCH.
By Valerie
October 12, 2006 09:53 AM | Link to this
After watching both teams my husband and I feel Tech will win more and UGA will lose to at least 2 or 3 more before season is over. Even my soninlaw who a UGA alumni dont think GA will go far this year. Seeya at the Orange bowl or a bigger bowl.
By Will
October 12, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this
I’ve been following UGA since I was a student in Athens in the early 90’s. Mark Richt (and most realistic GA fans) knew that this would be a rebuilding year as he no longer had the likes of a David Greene or D.J. Shockley to fall back on. The test here is whether or not Coach Richt can rebuild a team and still keep the Dawgs in contention for a shot at the SEC Championship.
From where they are in the rankings right now, it looks like Richt isn’t doing too bad. Will we run the table? No. But, mark my words: we will shut down Florida, we will take care of Auburn, and we will get back to the GA Dome for yet another shot at the SEC title.
By ChrisD
October 12, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this
Past records of games between Tech and UGA are irrelevant to this argument. The teams are different now. The game will determine the best team. Go Jackets.
By Dumb Dawg
October 12, 2006 09:55 AM | Link to this
I wonder if the Gov. was upset over the lack of academic integrity at UGA to fire off a letter to Coach/AD/Pres. Adams?
This article was great attempt to increase readership. To bad talk means nothing until the end of the season. Sooo… you morons can stop worrying who’s best in the middle of the season! Gimme a break!
By nonomeluvluvme
October 12, 2006 09:56 AM | Link to this
longtimedawg,
And if you understood statistics and numbers, then you would realize that those past series records mean squat. But, let’s take your reasoning (??) here - what does that mean for the game aginst Florida this year? Should you even show up?
By Don Norsworthy
October 12, 2006 09:57 AM | Link to this
I am a UGA grad and have been a fan since I was 9. I am now 47. Every part of your article is debatable except for the comment on CJ. You are correct. I would even argue that college football has not seen a player of his caliber since Bo and Hershell. T.O. will be a distant memory in the NFL once CJ arrives. The guy is the total package!!!
By mike
October 12, 2006 10:02 AM | Link to this
Ga TEch, Ga Tech, Boy youd think they were playing for the national championship. Please, dont forget CALVIN and Reginald will be history after this year and Ga Tech can be going through a season like GA is with Quarterbacks with no experience. Reginald-dont have another low scoring game letting those dogs, who youve never beaten, pickoff a couple, or, step out of the back of the endzone, or lose track of time with these stupid new clock rules. Im impressed with how Tech is playing, but writers, Tech fans and players, dont get too cocky-your setting yourself up for embarrassment.
By GriffinMBABulldawg
October 12, 2006 10:08 AM | Link to this
All the conjecture is wasted as the teams will actually play at the end of the season and decide the matter. The Dawgs will kick the crap out of the Ramblin Nerd Herd in the Annual Post-Thanksgiving beat down. We can always count on the little tattooed thug QB Reggie Ball to do something stupid like forget what down it is. You would expect a world-class academic institution like Tech to have a QB with an IQ above 10. They don’t!! Mark Bradley and Michael Adams should leave our great state on the same train.
By Ramble ON!
October 12, 2006 10:14 AM | Link to this
WILL—-looks like you have been doing Bong hits with Odell too.
AJC “DAWGS GRADES ARE IMPROVING”…their now making D’s.
By Tech Fan
October 12, 2006 10:20 AM | Link to this
THWG!!
By CU
October 12, 2006 10:24 AM | Link to this
The fact that you are saying GA Tech is the best team in the ACC is absolutely insain. On what basis are you making that comment. Here are stats to back up Clemson being a better team.
Passing efficiency (Ball - GT) 4th (Procter-Cu) 1st
Passing yards (Ball GT) - 9th (Procter CU) - 4th
Rushing, total, scoring offense CU 1st GT is 2nd, 3rd, 5th respectively
Yes Calvin Johnson is leading in recieving yard but that did not happen until Stuckey went down
There are 5 offensive categories and lets add that Clemson give up less yards on defense then tech and that should about prove the point that that comment was off based and a poor insite into what is becoming a wild ACC season
I guess this column bring to light the fact that if you read it in the paper (or online it does not make it true) GO CLEMSON TIGERS.
If you are going to bring up the team we play because you think your smart the reason we are playing temple is because Auburn was scared to play us and dropped the game so temple was a last minute pick up.
By mcdwag
October 12, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this
oh it was bradley making that statement -i almost believed it for a minute there
By McDonoughDawg
October 12, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this
I’ll believe GT’s football team is better than UGA’s when GT actually beats them on the field.
By Gordon
October 12, 2006 10:39 AM | Link to this
Until we beat Georgia, they are the best team. They know they can beat us, we think we can beat them. Big difference. We need to just keep our mouths shut until we do it on the field. This article will end up on UGA bulletin boards. Bradley has done us no favors, but I hope he’s right. We’ll find out November 25th.
By SC Dawg
October 12, 2006 10:43 AM | Link to this
Mark you just gave GT the kiss of death,to bad,I really wanted them to beat CU.
By Pcooper
October 12, 2006 10:46 AM | Link to this
It cracks me up to read all of these UGA fans denying the fact that they’re having a bad year. Let’s look at the facts, shall we?
UGA - Blown out at home by one of their
biggest rivals. - Barely made it past a 1-3 Ole Miss. - Barely made it past a 0-3 Colorado.
GT - Only loss is to then ranked #2 Notre Dame, only by 4 points. - Barely made it past a 3-1 Maryland. - Blew out then 11th ranked Virigia Tech.
The facts hurt, boys. Georgia Tech has been dominant this year against all oponents. And UGA, well, hasn’t. And now a lot of UGA fans are trash talking Richt and his coaching methods?? Give me a break. You just can’t deal with the fact that your “National Championship” dawgs (which by the way, we have 4. You have 2.) can’t handle the pressure this year. Big deal. Get over it. And GriffinMBABulldawg….Are you serious in calling Reggie Ball a thug? Hahahaha how many UGA players are suspended each year for “thuggish” behavior? That’s ok though. I guess I shouldn’t expect you to be up to date on current events. They don’t have newspapers out there in redneck-ville do they? Anyways, great article. Nice to see someone giving the Jackets the credit they deserve.
By John
October 12, 2006 10:47 AM | Link to this
I finally understand UGA fans. For years, they have been saying the UGA / GT games means nothing to them and that GT isn’t even their biggest rival. I understand! This year I can honestly say, the UGA games means very little. We finally have something bigger to go after and that is the ACC Championship Game! Playing UGA on Nov 25th will just be a short inconvenience to the following week when we are in the ACC Championship game while they are home delivering pizzas. Green pepper, onion, extra cheese please.
By Blackwater
October 12, 2006 10:48 AM | Link to this
Yes, a Tech player did get busted with a lot of pot a few years ago and it was a stupid mistake, but didn’t I hear a story a year or so ago about a UGAg frat boy who killed and ate a rabid raccoon? Now, it takes real brains to do that!!!! Dumb Redneck Moron!!!! Just like most UGAg fans!!!!!!!!!!!
By Bill
October 12, 2006 10:48 AM | Link to this
Ok - they are ranked above UGA (for the time being)…but have you noticed where Clemson is in the polls… it will be a classic game in Clemson on Oct. 21… but to assume GaT is the better team in the ACC is a little presumptious…
By SlackJacket
October 12, 2006 10:54 AM | Link to this
*Tech has only won “8” of the past 35 games against the Men of Athens. Lets talk conferences and teams within. The past 25 years 5 teams from the SEC are in the top 20 in winning percentage…while the ACC has 4. * Ahem… Bradley was talking about THIS year, not the past. Bad dog! No bisuit!
By Steve
October 12, 2006 11:00 AM | Link to this
To Roger Your national championship stats are crap! Do your research pal. Miami has not won a national championship since joining the ACC so your numbers are skewed. Subtract the 5 championships that Miami won BEFORE joinng the ACC and the ACC total drops to 4. Don’t take credit for Miami when they were not a member of your conference when they were dominating college ball.
By Ramble ON!
October 12, 2006 11:02 AM | Link to this
ROGERS WILLY—you say, matching wits with GT is like beating on a defenseless man or women. I guess it’s true, because I’m sure you’re the expert. I don’t think I’ve seen a fleabag bow up to anyone, unless they got 3 or 4 of their redneck buddies to back them up. Just like the poor UF fan last year that was beaten to death by you punk thugs ganging up on him.
Maybe, you’re Randy McMichael, a proud UGA rep. who get’s arrested about 2 times a year for beating his wife. Whoever you are, you’re a punk and you have no wits!!!!!!
By chris from usc
October 12, 2006 11:05 AM | Link to this
the ACC and SEC are vastly overrated as usual…teams in the big 12 big 10 and some pac 10 teams are far superior…enjoy your inbreeder wars and get flattened in bowl games again at the end of the year..same old same old…….TROJANS RULE…HUNG 50 AT ARKANSAS AND YOUR AUBURN HUMMINGBIRDS LOOKED PATHETIC AGAINST THEM ON THE FARM!!
By Vince
October 12, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this
Way to call it like it is Mark. I am sure the governor will be up in arms about this. To bad he does not have the same passion about bringing jobs to Atlanta, or improving education in all our schools not just the ones in affluent communities. His passion about the dogs is commendable, I just wish he had the same passion for all of the state of Georgia and not just the dog nation.
By UGADawg16
October 12, 2006 11:14 AM | Link to this
Ok, Mark, put down the crack pipe. One weekend does not a season make. Dawgs will beat the North Avenue Gnats again and the real kicker….UGA is rebuilding and this is the best Tech team in years! Good news Tech….basketball starts soon.
By Dante
October 12, 2006 11:17 AM | Link to this
There’s a rumor going around that at least 5 or 6 mutt football players actually know what the inside of a jet looks like.
Can anyone verify this!
By Ramble ON!
October 12, 2006 11:21 AM | Link to this
STEVE, now the only credit we take for Miami is preventing them from winning a NC.
By joseph
October 12, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this
Ga tech the best team in the ACC? Not when they struggly to beat a poor Maryland team. Yes, they showed that when a defense doesn’t cover Johnson, they can whip you, but honestly, who does Tech have besides Johnson? Clemson has multiple play makers on offense! They don’t rely on any one person like tech does. It is quite clear that the offense of Tech when compared to UGA is hands down the better, but should any team decide to shutdown Johnson, Tech will struggle.
PS. Why do UGA fans always think they will win every game??
By Tulsabravo
October 12, 2006 11:27 AM | Link to this
Who cares what Bradley thinks about which is the better team now. They still play in November don’t they?
By JB
October 12, 2006 11:39 AM | Link to this
Isn’t it a little early for this? Or is it the fact that GT fans are excited to FINALLY be ranked ahead of GA after many years of trailing behind. This must be for bragging rights at the moment for GT. We have one 5 in a row and it will be 6 on 11/25. The ACC is having a down year and GT is a good football team. Reggie Ball has not played a good defense yet. No, Notre Dame does not have a good defense!
By wmmmci
October 12, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this
UGA won’t beat Florida, they won’t beat Auburn, and they won’t beat GT. If Mark Richt is such a wonerful character, (a term most Bulldogs won’t understand), why hase the number of athletes arrested gone up at UGA and has fallen at FSU since he moved? Or, as usual, will they blame someone else?
By Jim Garren
October 12, 2006 11:42 AM | Link to this
Georgia comes back against Colorado, and they write Georgia is terrible. Tech comes back against an equally bad team in Maryland, and they write TECH is a championship team and the best team in the state. Just remember this, I have read 4 articles in the past week that gave wrong numbers, and or false information. Not in my opinion, but false information. The only reason for this article was to come back at the Governor. Remember we have no competing newspaper here, so our journalist while non-athletic, and obviously unwilling to tell the truth, can put whatever they want on here. Another thing to remember Tech is Tech no matter how good they look, they haven’t played anybody either. Notre Dame is not good, remember Vanderbilt played Michigan better (at Michigan) and VA Tech is horrid (see Cincinatti game). Tech is Tech they will not win they never do. Miami will smoke them, and tech won’t even get the at large berth for the worst BCS conference this year.
By jackson
October 12, 2006 11:42 AM | Link to this
Nice article. We are 5 games into the season and you can predict that Tech is the better team. Why don’t you keep your mouth shut as see what happens in Athens later this year. And by the way Tech plays in the ACC, enough said.
By JAM
October 12, 2006 11:42 AM | Link to this
That could possibly be the worst post I have ever seen…Granted Georgia is struggling on offense, and Tech is looking decent, but to compare the acc to the SEC is a disgrace. When you start comparing conferences you look at week in, week out games. Sure tech looks good against mediocre teams, but they couldnt compete in the SEC. Also, when you win only 8 out of 35, (and one was a gimme on a miscalled fumble) don’t come talking like youre gonna come in athens and tear down the place. Tech is crap, and they are gonna get exposed soon.
By joe
October 12, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this
Question for you Georgia backers peeved about the question on SAT scores (by the way, since when did you guys really care?)- Just what in the hell is this “Early Childhood and Family Development”major 70-80% of your football team has plastered under their name on tv? I’ve seen this joke for years. Adams doesn’t need to defend non-qualifiers, tout the SAT’s of the non-football playing students, and spin like hell to hoodwink foks into thinking he cares a rat’s behind about academics. As long as he has these sham “majors” and rubber stamp degrees for these morons Richt recruits you will always be tainted by it. Some wild-eyed liberal at Auburn blew the whistle, you guys need another Jan Kemp to clean the place up. Seriously, if I were you I would quit coming to Adams and Richt’s defense and demand some reform.
If you think I am wrong, ask your foes, not just Techsters, but Auburn, Florida, Tennessee you name it. Why do you think you guys always win but never earn any respect?
Adams and Perdue need to quit worrying about currying favor with some redneck in Moultrie or Hahira and run a clean ship.
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 12, 2006 11:50 AM | Link to this
PS. Why do UGA fans always think they will win every game??
Because if you don’t, you end up losing before the game begins and a 8-4 an 7-5 record w/ blue field or nut bowl invites becomes something to celebrate.
You know why UGA fans are so upset about the loss Saturday night? Not that we got beat by 18 points in a game that we were winning going into the fourth quarter. But because it hurts our chances for the SEC East title THIS year. After suffering from the mid 80’s until the arrival of Mark Richt we have become accustom to playing for and winning titles and hopefully pulling closer to an NC. And yes we hope that will occur within the next 2-4 years. The SEC is a tough place right now ask Auburn or LSU.
As I have always said hope you guys have the best record possible when you get to Athens.
By Bruce
October 12, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this
Forget ACC, SEC. Folks the column is about GT and UGA! From play on the field, clearly GT is the better team…right now.
The question I have for everyone is that ACC powers (Miami, VT, FSU, Clemson) lose or stuggle versus the lesser teams and it makes the ACC weak. But when the powers in the SEC lose or stuggle (Auburn vs Arkansas) it’s because the SEC is so tough. Why is that? You can have it one way or the other, but not both.
Is the ACC as strong as last year? No. Are there teams in the SEC overrated? UGA comes to mind…
I hate to say this and I might kill over when I do, but the PAC-10 may be the best/deepest conference in the land.
By coach
October 12, 2006 11:53 AM | Link to this
Since all you dawg fans think the ACC is such a “cake walk” why don’t you drop the first 4 games of your schedule and schedule Va. Tech, Miami, Boston College, and Fla. State? You might want to throw in Notre Dame or Southern Cal while you’re at it in order to improve the strength of schedule.
By John
October 12, 2006 11:55 AM | Link to this
Maryland equally bad? Their only loss, prior to GT, was at West Virginia - a team that is undefeated and ranked very high.
By Better than you
October 12, 2006 11:59 AM | Link to this
Georgia is a hillbilly school (and that’s a big stretch) and you have no answer to Calvin Johnson. In Athens you find two type: rednecks and drug addicts.
Tennessee exposed you fools.
By Kevin
October 12, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this
When Reggie Ball learns how to win a big game and play smart, then Tech is a very good football team. However, they don’t know the first thing about finding a way to beat Mark Richt’s Dawgs.
By buff
October 12, 2006 12:04 PM | Link to this
Or coach… UGA could play Duke, NC State, North Carolina, Maryland, and Virginia to make thier schedule even way tougher.
I didn’t see BC or Florida St. on your schedule for this season for that matter. Know your facts NERD…
By Ahhh
October 12, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this
Talk is all cheap and relative to unfathomable bias (take myself, for instance). Give techies their chance to laud - lord knows they haven’t had a chance in quite a while; give or take the entire Gailey era.
the gov’s right to talk it up just like the rest of us is what makes this country great. I like knowing their is not a stiff in the capitol.
Looking forward to the next pacifier stuffing Nov 25th, the fuel that supplies my entire year.
By Doggit
October 12, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this
I’m a huge UGA fan. Guess what…GT has the better team this year. It happens once every 5-6 years. Really…I love the Dawgs…but you have to look @ the big picture, and GT is better than us this year.
By bsbjujitsu
October 12, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this
I think Colin made a great point yesterday on ESPN radio; when Georgia Tech wins eight games, the coach gets a contract extension, but if UGA won eight games, the coach would be fired. We have higher expectations because we have better athletes. Tech has one quality win this year against a VT team that played no one before GT. As long as Reggie Ball is the quarterback, he will do something to derail their season. Let’s take the UGA/GT games: (1) first year gets in a fight on the sideline and sits on the bench for the rest of the game. (2) second year throws the ball out of play on fourth down. (3) third year throws an interception on the goal line to end the game.
Let them decide it on the field; I don’t think any Tech fan should be confident about winning against UGA when they haven’t done it since 2000. UGA wins again.
By Jim Garren
October 12, 2006 12:19 PM | Link to this
Last time Tech beat Georgia weren’t 70 to 80% of the team inelligable? I believe they were. Yes, and West Virginia hung half a hundred on Maryland in the first half
By JM
October 12, 2006 12:20 PM | Link to this
This topic, and associated opinions, will be relevant after GT and UGA have finished their game this season. Until then… please shut up.
By gdawginkalamazoo
October 12, 2006 12:23 PM | Link to this
Hey Joe,
Now who’s footbal program is on probation for academic fraud?
I don’t think UGA is.
By Geoff
October 12, 2006 12:26 PM | Link to this
Mark, You sure have your panties in a bunch over the Governor’s comments. I guess you don’t care for it much when you’re taking criticism instead of just dishing it out. I’m sure you actually read the contents of the letter so you should realize that the Georgia headline only played a small part in the message. I used to have more respect for you but but when your approach to journalism is to attack the messenger rather than speak to the contents of the message, it demonstrates that you share the same pack mentality as the rest of the so called “journalists” at this paper. If anyone criticizes you in public, just circle the wagons and spin the topic. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were running for office.
By the way, that’s an absurd comparison of defensive ends when UGA was playing against UT and tech was facing Maryland. Why don’t you just say that Parkview High School has better players because they got 3 sacks Friday night?
Also to GeeTee, it doesn’t take a genius to recognize that the SEC is by far the superior conference so even you should be able to comprehend it. If you need documentation, just read the recent SI article.
By Chuck_Uuga
October 12, 2006 12:26 PM | Link to this
Mark, You really know how to insigate something, don’t you?! I am a Georgia fan (long-time) but I respect the job Gailey has done against some major odds. Georgia is definitely down this year, and will lose to Florida or Auburn and probably Tech. The important thing to note however, is that Mark Richt has built and is building a perennial Top 10 program for YEARS to come. No one can argue his record. No one can say with a sane mind that Georgia is collapsing because we lost a game or two this season. The talent is there and the recruiting is awesome. Georgia may not make it to the Dome this December, but one thing you can bet on…they will be back in the Dome in December of 2007 playing for the SEC Title once again. As much as our rivals hate it, we are a dominant force in football now, and we will win MANY SEC Titles in the near future under Mark Richt.
By MD
October 12, 2006 12:31 PM | Link to this
As a UGA grad. (1994), I would like to bring some objective thoughts to this discussion. It the teams were to play today, I think Tech would win, not based on anything other than Jon Tenuta and that defense. If we couldn’t score on Colorado and Ole Miss, then we wouldn’t, today, be able to score on Tech’s defense. However, there are 5 games (2 very tough games) between now and then that UGA has to play. Here’s hoping we figure out some offensive consistency between now and then. 2 things give me a lot of HOPE. 1. Mark Richt is 5-0 against Tech. 2. At the beginning of the year, Mark Bradly picked UGA to lose to South Carolina and beat Tennessee. That’s 0-for-2 so far.
And if we don’t win, then we’ll tip our hats to the guys on the flats and realize that 27-9 over the past 36, 12-3 over the past 15, and 5-1 over the past 6 isn’t so bad. It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
By snoop
October 12, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this
Are you kidding? Bradley is making the comparison that Tech is the best in the ACC and Georgia is maybe 5th in the SEC therefore Tech is better? It’s not hard to be best in the ACC. Ridiculous.
By MD
October 12, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this
12-4 over the last 16*
By Jim Garren
October 12, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this
Lets take a look at the two conferences since our “expert” computer gamers at the AJC don’t know how to give true statements. The powerful ACC has lost games this year to the following schools: Pitt, Western Michigan, East Carolina, Akron, Southern Miss, Rutgers, Richmond(1-AA). On the other hand the only bad losses for the SEC are to: Tulane, and Wake Fores(ACC). Another disturbing thing here is the Atlantic Division leader is NC State, well they lost two of these games (Akron,Southern Miss). Well no wonder Tech is undefeated in conference play. Ok, so I prepared for your comebacks of the SEC plays nobody out of conference. Just take a look at the AP top 15 this week. The SEC has played or will play: USC, Michigan, West Virginia, Louisville, Clemson, Georgia Tech, California. I left Missouri out since they aren’t in the top 15 but SEC has played them also. Not to mention Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn,LSU, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee are on everyone’s schdule also. ACC POWER- if tech doesn’t when this conference then something is wrong, and they won’t because they cant beat Miami again, who luckily got by Houston. The ACC does not deserve a BCS bid this year.
By Chuck_Uuga
October 12, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this
To George P. Burdell:
Hey moron, Mark Taylor went to UGA as well!!
Unbelievable.
By John
October 12, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this
Why don’t you wait until the season ends before evaluating which team is better. The season is not half over yet and your making comparisons. Based on your comments, Ohio State is the national champion then, forget about playing the rest of the games.
By Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo
October 12, 2006 12:40 PM | Link to this
Bradley, you’re so predictable. You’re obviously a fair weather writer. You’re just for whoever is doing good at the time. If GA beats Tech, you’ll then write an article about how GA has always been the dominant program in the state, and The bugs were just a flash in the pan. Your opinion doesn’t somehow make it true.
By Reality
October 12, 2006 12:45 PM | Link to this
The Jackets are way more talented than Georgia and will lay a major whipping on them @ THUGA….And the real beauty is that Tech is doing it the right way and not stinking up the campus with the thugs and felons that the worlds biggest hypocrite, Reverand Richt brings in !
GO JACKETS, BEAT THE FELONS !
By Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo
October 12, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
The mere fact that this absurd article was ever written or has any relevance now, can be linked to the domination that GA has had over Tech this century.
By Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo
October 12, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this
YourGTBoss, how do you figure that Tech owns GA? GA leads the series, and has beaten you for 5 straight years. All of the sudden GA loses a game, and Tech wins a few, and before you know it Tech is a world beater. You Tech fans are really pathetic!
By coach
October 12, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this
buff, Many years ago Georgia Tech beat Alabama in the first game of the season and then proceeded to lose the rest of their games while Alabama won the rest of theirs. A Tech friend of mine who lived in Atlanta was constantly being asked by UGA fans “How did Ga. Tech beat Alabama?” Finally, he began to tell them that if you want to beat Alabama, the first thing you have to do is put them on your schedule. Of course, UGA has rarely played them. Little has changed. Those are facts. And, I started 30 games for Tech. So that makes me an athletic nerd
By Jim Garren
October 12, 2006 01:09 PM | Link to this
Coach, if you played football at Tech then you should know how scheduling works. Georgia plays in the SEC East, I didn’t know if you were aware of this fact. They have a western division “rival” game as they call it, that they play every year. That team being Auburn, The other two western division games are on a rotating basis. Georgia beat Alabama in 2002 and 2003, and plays Alabama again next year for two straight years. However, you did start 30 games at Tech so im sure you knew this.
By Hammer
October 12, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this
I realize that Mr. Bradley has to find something to act educated about but with both teams having one loss it would seem wise to wait and see who is still standing on November 25th. By the way - I am sure that any of the SEC teams would look pretty good right now playing in the ACC.
By Georgia Native
October 12, 2006 01:13 PM | Link to this
Terrorist, Redneck, Trailer Trash, Techmites…..Sound to me like 90% of the people posting here are sore losers. Every program has a bad apple at one point or another.
I’ve lived in GA all my life and I’m a lifetime UGA fan. Does that mean I want to see Tech lose every game? Nope. I pull for Tech every week except in November. The students at every school deserve to have a competitive athletic program to rally behind and keep the student body together. I would much rather see both teams be competitive year in and year out. It makes for a more competitive and better football game at the end of the season. The problem with most of you boils down to, for a lack of a better phrase, being a bunch of immature brats. This is the kind of behaviour I would expect from my 4 year old son.
On another note, it saddens me that with the current BCS format, Tech and UGA will never have the chance to face each other for a national title. It would be nice if the NCAA would use a playoff format to decide who is truely the best team in the nation. If Tech and UGA could finish highly ranked and a playoff format could put the two teams against each other for the title (if they make it that far), that would go down as the best football game in the history of both organizations.
So instead of wasting time insulting a message left on a board, why don’t we all assert our time to getting the NCAA Bowl program straightened out by raising our voices to this problem. This way teams that deserve a shot at the national title (Auburn 2004) will get a chance to win the title or lose it themselves, instead of it being in the hands of a voter and a computer.
By reality check
October 12, 2006 01:15 PM | Link to this
Somebody other than me posted as Reality Check this morning saying it was reasonable to conclude Tech was better at this point or some such.
That wasn’t me!!!
Whoever posted had a style that is similar to mine, but it wasn’t me. I believe the Dawgs will continue to improve and should beat Tech in Athens.
By Matt
October 12, 2006 01:16 PM | Link to this
What will the headline be if the planet’s align in such a manner that allows Georgia to do the unthinkable and beat big bad Georgia Tech?
“AJC Put in Their Place”
By BarkingDawg
October 12, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this
I agree with Mark that Tech is playing better than us presently, but it is still a long way to go to that game in Athens, and things could turnaround for the Dawgs, especially with the experience that will be gained by the young pups. Having said that I am still concerned not only about the upcoming game but the long term scenario specifically with our DC. I am not sure Martinez is the answer and Richt is not helping him by giving up on the run too soon. Had we run the ball more against UT the defence would not be in those holes.
By Donnie Pickle
October 12, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
Tech will choke cum Turkey Day weekend like they always do! Go you Hairy Dawgs!!!!!!!!
By Mad Dawg
October 12, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
Praise the LORD!!!!!!!!! I was wondering how long it would take for those obnoxious little bees to come out of the wood work. The only time you hear from them is when they get a winning streak going. When they are losing you never hear from them. The only thing out of their mouth is “wait till basketball season.” Just crawl back under that rotten log you came from till Nov 26th, then see if you have a reason to run those mouths of yours. You guys always have to ride everbodys else’s coat tails, how long since you won an ACC championship? can’t remeber can ya!!!! till Nov 26th shut your traps!!!!!
By War Eagle
October 12, 2006 01:33 PM | Link to this
Tech has a played a tougher schedule than UGA. If UGA had the same opponents they would be 4-2 or even 3-2. Don`t count the Dawgs out because of one bad game. They could win out except Auburn, win a nice bowl and have a 11-2, not a bad season.Auburn wins out plays Notre Dame in the Sugar Bowl… you have to think big in the SEC…good luck Dawgs
By Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo
October 12, 2006 01:33 PM | Link to this
Ramble ON! needs to get laid.
By Brooks
October 12, 2006 01:34 PM | Link to this
ALTER, Have your fun now. Wow we beat a mediocre Virginia Tech team and now we are national champions. All the Tech fans saying we can’t stop Tech’s offense-“CJ”. We did last year. We’ll do it again. The secret is cover 2. No single coverage. Take away Tech’s base offense-fade to “CJ’. Or throw it up for grabs to “CJ”. What do you do next year. Whoops- we can’t throw it to “CJ”. There goes putting it in the endzone. Tech fan’s prayer every night. Lord, please keep “CJ” from getting hurt. That’s all you have. Your D is not as good as advertised. Hopeful Tech fans. What else is new. GO DAWGS
By reality check
October 12, 2006 01:35 PM | Link to this
This blog is getting confusing with 3 different people posting as Reality, reality check, and Reality Check.
Reality is definitely against the Dawgs and says so in a rude way.
I’m clearly for Georgia and I am usually reasonable and polite.
The really confusing thing about the latest poster, Reality Check, is the style is similar to mine. I would not have said GT isn’t man enough or that Georgia Tech looks like the better team now, but what was written wasn’t unreasonable or rude.
Are you a Georgia fan Reality Check? Welcome to the blog either way but we need to do something about duplicate names.
By Glenn
October 12, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
SI.com’s Midseason All-Americas
Georgia Tech TWO (2) First Team selections (Calvin Johnson and Philip Wheeler)
UGA ZERO (0) selections…
By ChampDawg
October 12, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this
Mark— You are intitled to your opinion about whether Tech or UGA is the better team. Fact is, your opinion is no better or worse than any other. The game will be played on the field. So have your say. What disturbs me is your and the AJC’s obvious attempt to just keep stirring the pot and adding to the fire caused by Gov Perdue’s comments. Do I think the Govs comments were immature and politically motivated? Yes. Do I think that what you and other AJC sports folks are doing now is just as juvenile? You bet.
By buff
October 12, 2006 01:40 PM | Link to this
Admitting you’re a nerd is the first step Coach…
Don’t get me wrong, I wish we played Alabama more and don’t understand why we don’t. I’m sure it’s because UGA is scared of them!! Ohhhh!
As far as this discussion on who is better this season how about everyone holds out for another month and let’s all watch the game and see.
By Joe
October 12, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this
If tech doesn’t win this year then when will they ever win another? Just whistle past the graveyard techies. You have played only one good team yourselves, even though they got crushed by Michigan, and lost at home. Keep up the yelling, 5 in a row becomes 6 and so on…you get the idea.
By BKD
October 12, 2006 01:42 PM | Link to this
The SEC is overrated. Any time someone runs a different offense than what they’ve seen before (almost all of them run the same thing) the defenses don’t seem that great. That’s why Spurrier killed everyone during the 90s, why Florida is undefeated, and why West Virginia beat UGA in the Sugar Bowl. Get over it.
By BKD
October 12, 2006 01:42 PM | Link to this
The SEC is overrated. Any time someone runs a different offense than what they’ve seen before (almost all of them run the same thing) the defenses don’t seem that great. That’s why Spurrier killed everyone during the 90s, why Florida is undefeated, and why West Virginia beat UGA in the Sugar Bowl. Get over it.
By John
October 12, 2006 01:47 PM | Link to this
I remember when we beat Alabama (early 80’s). I was in school. The previous year we went 2-9 and the following year we thought, can’t do much worse then that! And we did! We went 1-10, with the one win being against Alabama. Go figure.
By Reality Check
October 12, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
The Dawgs should easily beat Tech this year. By the time that game comes around, the Dawgs will have all of their wrinkles ironed out. Go Dawgs!
By Razorback Bill
October 12, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this
Hey War Eagle, how did ya’ll like having that ball stuffed down your throat by the Hogs this past weekend? The war chickens were & are overated, and maybe now Tuberville will shut up. By the way, you will also lose this weekend to Florida. Go Gators & Hogs!!!!
By Glenn
October 12, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
Well said, ChampDawg. I agree but also know that controversy is what gets papers sold and bloggers to participate…
Hopefully, the personal insults and masked profanity, by all bloggers, will stop. They need to remember that there are minors and others who are offended by these immature blowhards who have probably never taken a class at either of the Universities.
If you want to talk your trash, take it to a secure forum for people who want to read your vileness and don’t subject the rest of us to it…we don’t want it and don’t appreciate it.
By GTVegas
October 12, 2006 01:58 PM | Link to this
The only games that either side should be focused on are Vandy and Clemson…..period.
There is no other focus at this point.
Both teams seemed to have lost focus in recent games; Tech against Maryland and Georgia against (take your pick). Both teams have shown that when they do focus, they can be an extremely effective team.
Conference records mean squat. There have been many upsets, or near upsets, of many of the top 20, so it’s not unique to either side, conference, etc.
SO, FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS.
Clemson is the only important gane at the moment.
By The Truth
October 12, 2006 01:58 PM | Link to this
Give it a rest AJC. What a waste of space in your paper. The matter will be settled on the field after Thanksgiving, now please let it go.
By CaneJacket
October 12, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this
I hope you all saw the recent news stating that out of the 319 Division 1-A schools participating in major sports, UGA has the lowest graduation rate. That’s 319th, I think we have every right to belittle you’re teams intelligence.
By War Eagle
October 12, 2006 02:15 PM | Link to this
Hey Razorback Bill, didnt like getting beat, your hawgs played very good, we might be overated, good luck to you the remainder of the year, by the way Tuberville doesnt talk to much and get off his back and say bad things about your next opponent, not CTT…thanks
By Jim Garren
October 12, 2006 02:15 PM | Link to this
SEC is overrated?? I still haven’t seen a comeback for the: Pitt, Western Michigan, East Carolina, Akron, Southern Miss, Rutgetrs, Richmond (1AA) comment. The only SEC lost being Tulane. Losses of that magnitude simply do not happen in our conference. The guy that talks about the different offenses stole that from the Buck & Kincaid show. By the way Kincaid shut up about the SEC’s out of conference scheduling when I sent the show that little email about opponents. Good one with the SI.COM all americans. The same magazine that put Arizona preseason number 1 for four seasons in a rown, and not one of those years did they have a winning record.
By jackson
October 12, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
Tech is having a decent year but you can still get tickets to any game you want on E-Bay for 30 bucks. They need to their fans to put down there protractors and go to a game. Tech fans just like to talk a bunch of crap but 99% of them every played a sport and no nothing about football. Cannot even fill up that little league stadium they ply in, that is PATHETIC.
By Calvin's Johnson
October 12, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
By AdamantEve
October 12, 2006 02:21 PM | Link to this
DUDES AND DUDESSES, THERE ARE TOO MANY VARIABLES TO MAKE ANY DEFINITIVE STATEMENT LIKE TECH BEING BETTER THAN UGA. THEY SURE LOOK IT TO ME TOO BUT COME THEIR GAME UGA COLD GEL AND MOP ‘EM UP. IT’SA CRAZY GAME NOW.
By Glenn
October 12, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this
CaneJacket, I attended GA Tech, and suggest you not throw stones.
Your sentence said: “That’s 319th, I think we have every right to belittle you’re teams intelligence.”
For proper grammar, it should have said: “I think we have every right to belittle your team’s intelligence.”
When you used the word “teams,” the word was plural which meant more than one when it should have been a possessive.
Also, the contraction “you’re” means you are.
If you are going to start insulting someone, I suggest that you at least make sure your comments don’t leave you up for criticisms of your own.
By jackson
October 12, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this
That is because they all go pro before they graduate.
By Scooter11
October 12, 2006 02:30 PM | Link to this
Clearly, Bradley’s headline doesn’t really say that the insects are that good. And, in the end, it’s only an uneducated opinion anyway.
By GTVegas
October 12, 2006 03:00 PM | Link to this
Jackson,
Please refrain from posting comments about tix for sale on e-bay without doing the research.
The only home games remaining at Tech are Miami and Duke. The only appropriate e-bay items to look at are the one’s that are “Buy it Now” as they are the only one’s with a hard price. There are a few tix in the high $30’s in bad seating locations where it is apparent that people are just wanting their money back. (not trying to profit from fellow alumni). Most others are for much higher prices. There are only two entries at this time for Duke tix, go figure.
As for UGA, the only home games left are Miss. State, Vandy and Ga Tech. Now, we should through out the Tech game as that works both ways. There are numerous entries for the Vandy and Miss State games starting in the mid $20’s under “buy-it-now”.
That being said, your post was a waste of time and it was even a bigger waste of time to go proove you wrong, or at least proove that you did not bother to look at both sides.
Now, what is truly PATHETIC is that you actually posted that comment without even looking at what might be true of UGA.
I’m not bashing either school in this, just merely stating the facts.
One thing I did not bother to look at was the proportion of tickets offerred for sale for those remaining Home games in proportion to the size of the stadium. Sure seemed like there were over twice as many tix being sold to the Miss St and Vandy games as were being sold for the Miami and Duke games. Looks like more UGA ticket holders were trying to unload their undesired tix than Tech ticket holders, even after giving consideration to the size of stadium. BUT, I did not look at those numbers specifically.
Just the facts in the future please.
Again, teh UGA/Tech game is not the next game for either school and should not be the focus either.
Clemson scares me and I hope Tech regains its’ focus after last week.
By Glenn
October 12, 2006 03:09 PM | Link to this
GTVegas…a voice of sanity. Thanks for your posts.
By ray
October 12, 2006 03:17 PM | Link to this
GT losses to Clemson, Miami, NC State, and UGA. Probably plays Utah in another bowl game. GT program is a joke. After UGA waxes the floor with Yeck, save the response “wait till basketball season”
By Unfrozen Caveman Dawg
October 12, 2006 03:17 PM | Link to this
Mark, you are a talented writer but if there was a band wagon jumpers hall of fame you should be one of its charter inductees.
By leifj
October 12, 2006 03:25 PM | Link to this
I will believe Tech is all high and mighty when they beat a team that is worth a crap. Notre Dame is mediocre at best and Tech couldn’t beat them at home. The ACC is one of the weaker conferences this season. The Dawgs will once again send that numbnuts of a coach Chan Gailey back to Atlanta with yet another loss. Tech will always be Number 2 in this state. Tech cannot even sell out their tiny stadium against conference opponents. That is pathetic and is another reason why Tech will never compete with the big boys on a consistent basis. Go play in another impromptu tickle pile you Tech pansies!
By wes
October 12, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this
I thought UGA’s motto was: “We don’t rebuild, We reload!”
Guess not, because all I’m hearing is the same old “wait til’ next year” crap from you losers.
UGA will NEVER win another national title with the type of d******* you guys recruit.
Dogs, you stink. Deal with it.
By Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo
October 12, 2006 04:07 PM | Link to this
This just in: GA Tech loses another game to GA making that six years in a row, there are no GA Tech fans to be found on the AJC blogs that Monday after the game and “wait till next year or basketball season” officially become their battle cry!
By Song Writer
October 12, 2006 04:10 PM | Link to this
I’m a ramblin’ dork from GA Tech, and a dork of an engineer! A dork of a dork of a dork of a dork of a, dork of an engineer…..I drink to all good dorks who come from far & near, I’m a ramblin’ dork from GA Tech & a dork of a engineer!!!!!!!
By Razorback Bill
October 12, 2006 04:12 PM | Link to this
Sorry War Eagle, you sound like a gentleman, but I just cannot pull for your team this weekend. I just can’t stand them, but it’s nothing personal.
By Glenn
October 12, 2006 04:17 PM | Link to this
leifj, please amaze us with more of your sterling intellect…Pray tell, who has UGA beat this year, and what is their respective W/L records? Tell me, have you ever taken a class on the UGA campus? On any college campus?
Why don’t you try to have an intelligent debate rather than vomiting out typical garbage? Do the facts not speak well enough on their own? Do you need to throw out insults because you can’t put a meaningful sentence together to support a fictitious claim?
As other posts have said, it really doesn’t matter what anyone says about the game before it is played. Results speak for themselves and all of the comments flowing right now are just posturing and speculation.
Both teams better keep their focus for the upcoming games or their next loss will come well before November’s match-up.
By columbiadawg
October 12, 2006 04:20 PM | Link to this
I don’t know what’s more hiliarious/pathetic: Tech fans or Bradley. Hey MB; do your bosses not pay ANY attention to how often you are proven WRONG? Probably not; your articles are painful enough to read ONCE-I don’t blame em for not wanting to read your stuff twice. Hey: why don’t you re-run your CLASSIC article bout how assanine we Dawg fans were for calling for Jim Donnan’s head…GOOD CALL MARK. And then re-run the articles from earlier this year about how great Georgia is this year. I should have gone into “Sports Writing” (still can’t believe you get PAID for this crap). It’s got to be the ONE career where no one ever checks your work for accuracy to see if you have any idea what the hell you’re talking about: what a cush job!! And Tech fans; if you REALLY think that because you’re off to a decent start in a horrible conference and since Georgia played one bad quarter against a Top 10 team that you are “something,” well, uh, I’m speechless…I don’t know what to say…Hey Bradley-YOU should try that some time!
By Turd Ferguson
October 12, 2006 04:42 PM | Link to this
Ladies and Gentlemen, we once again interrupt the blog for breaking news….
The Tennessee Volunteers have scored AGAIN!!!
Oh yeah, UGA is an academic embarassment to the state of Georgia.
…and a sports embarassment due to all the thugs, two bit thieves, and bad drivers that they recruit.
Why does thUGA use a yankee battle song as their school fight song? Is UGA anti-dixie? My god, please don’t tell the toothless imbreds that.
By Columbia Dawg
October 12, 2006 04:44 PM | Link to this
Columbiadawg….
Well, I’m sorry, it’s just too easy to rip on you.
By Realistic Ricky
October 12, 2006 04:46 PM | Link to this
Barring a serious injury to Calvin Johnson or Reggie Ball, if this UGA team is able to improve enough over their next five games to beat GT in November, Richt and his staff will have done their best coaching job yet. All we have heard this season is the considerable hype over UGA’s QB situation, but UT dominated both the offensive and defensive lines of scrimmage in the second half. It is always about the line of scrimmage in football, and UGA has some serious problems there on both sides of the ball. The secondary also has some holes in it, but if I was a UGA fan, I would be much more concerned about the play of the offensive and defensive lines. No matter who ends up playing QB, UGA will not become a good football team this season unless their line play has a remarkable turnaround. Go Tech.
By Matt
October 12, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this
Mark, you would pick Tech to have a better year than UGA every year even if Tech didn’t have a football program anymore! I do agree with you that Tech’s better this year, but I still don’t think that they are better than UGA even in a rebuilding year. The main problem with Tech is that they have a system made by a coach who doesn’t know how to coach his quarterback. I think that Reggie Ball’s going to make a great NFL QB when he gets there, but Chan Gailey’s offense just doesn’t fit him. That in itself makes Tech a worse team than UGA because Mark Richt makes his offense fit his players that he has. Of course, the only true test to see who’s going to be better is the Saturday after Thanksgiving. GO DAWGS!!!
By Garry
October 12, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this
Worth of UGA degree, no much. Price of Ticket to Sugar Bowl, $65. Look on UGA’s fans faces during game, Priceless. Nuff Said.
By Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo
October 12, 2006 05:05 PM | Link to this
Ladies & Gentlemen, we interrupt this blog for some more breaking news….this just in: Turd Ferguson has once again eatin’ another turd. Mr. Ferguson, you think GA is the only school with thug f’ball players? I seem to recall Tenn. having some serious off the field problems last year with some of their gang banger players. So much so, that even Steve Spurrier over in SC made a comment about it. Didn’t Eric Ainge punch some kid in a dorm fight??? What a gentleman. Go look up public research institutions & their rank you moron, and you’ll see that UGA is a better school than UT. I bet half of UT’s f’ball team couldn’t even get into GA. That’s why GA doesn’t have many JUCO (that means junior college for your feeble brain) guys on their team…..because of the academic standards set forth by the university. Look how many UT has….a bunch! Get your facts straight you idiot, before you blog.
By Just the Facts
October 12, 2006 05:07 PM | Link to this
Fact: This is not a blog about education, terrorism, or even who has the “better” school, so keep those opinions to yourself and talk football.
Fact: Through 6 weeks of college football Tech has two players on SI.com’s Midseason All-American List. Georgia has none.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/ncaa/midseason.all.americans/
Georgia will get better against real competition like Florida while Tech faces Clemson, Miami, and NC St. The best college football team in the state of Georgia at the end of this year will go to the team that is better coached. Which head coach will step up to the plate remains to be seen. Gailey hasn’t improved Tech’s record while Mark’s teams have gotten worse over the years. Time to see which school picked the right coach.
By gtfan
October 12, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this
Bradley,
I see you are ganging up with you bandwagon jockey buddy, Moore. Y’all do this crap all the time. Y’all wait until a team is going well and then jump on like you knew it the whole time and then bash the other.
Now, I’m a Tech fan but I still can’t stand you and Moore.
By GTVegas
October 12, 2006 05:16 PM | Link to this
Matt, you really beleive that Reggie Ball is going to make it to the NFL……??????
I am a Tech fan and don’t give him that much credit. I do not think he has the size/height to make it in the NFL as a quarterback.
I do think that Nix (and to some extent Gailey) have finally realized that Ball is most effective when the run is a possibility. That is why you see him throwing from outside the pocket more often. That is also the response to the Cover 2 against Johnson. It is much harder to commit to that when Ball is running as effectively as he has.
As far as Richt/UGA, I don’t think they have found their fit yet either.
Oh well, no use even talking about the Tech/UGA game until the Turkey is on the table given how much can, and will, happen before then.
As I have said many times before, I hope both teams win out as that is what is best for the game after Thanksgiving.
Good luck ‘till then.
By mayanbenny
October 12, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this
mark you must be on crack.the dirt dobbers will lose to clemson,nc state and there aint no way in hell they beat the bulldogs in athens.you can take that to the bank.tech always screws up at the end of each season.give me a break.
By dustin
October 12, 2006 05:19 PM | Link to this
Im a Tech and UGA fan. But i only go for the team who has the best chance to win the championship…..this year thats Ga Tech. UGA will be top 5 again soon, but this is techs year! Man i cant wait for college basketball…GO GT!!
By Mac
October 12, 2006 05:19 PM | Link to this
All said and done, we’ll find out in November. Gerry- at least perform a spell check and you so called engineers never make a mistake. Check for the last time you won a football game against the dawgs.
By to dog named MATT
October 12, 2006 05:36 PM | Link to this
Soo, CMR “designs the O to fit the players”?Then why does he flip a coin to determine the QB each week AND during the game!? LOL!!!)
Good teams/coaches do that…not uga!
.
By AJC sucks
October 12, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this
Once again, the AJC is looking for anything to spark readers interest. They have found that the only thing that does is UGA-GT talk. The big story the other day was Perdue writing in a letter. This is WITHOUT a doubt, the WORST metro newspaper in the entire country. Embarassing.
By BG
October 12, 2006 05:44 PM | Link to this
Most of you people are on crack. Listen up:
Sheesh… Do you guys even watch college football?
By Tom
October 12, 2006 05:56 PM | Link to this
I agree that overall Tech is better than UGA. But Charles Johnson and Quentin Moses are far superior to whoever Tech throws out there at defensive end. Comparing performances against Maryland and Tennesse is just plain stupid because Maryland sucks.
By Old Yellar
October 12, 2006 06:20 PM | Link to this
Tom, But Charles Johnson and Quentin Moses are far superior to whoever Tech throws out there at defensive end.
What does that have to do with anything? The defense plays against the offense you moron. BTW the highly heralded (look it up in a dictionary if you have one) Moses only has 1 sack this year, against Western Kentucky State Community Junior College.
By GTVegas
October 12, 2006 06:21 PM | Link to this
No, but comparing performances against Maryland and Colorado (or Miss)isn’t. Looks to be a good game this year, but, again, things can and will happen between now and then.
Right now, I’m worried about Clemson….and that better be all that the Georgia Tech players are worried about.
By Dawg19
October 12, 2006 06:43 PM | Link to this
I thought the designation of top dog was decided after the 2 teams actually played each other. I see this as drawing conclusions a little early. And it would be a writer that proclaims “The writers have it right”. Wow, I forgot that they know so much more about the game than the coaches do.
Look at it this way though. Tech has played EXTREMELY well so far this season and is 5-1. Georgia has played fair AT BEST and is… well… let’s see… oh yeah 5-1 !! 2 teams, same state, same record. Let’s see who is truly the “Top Dog” after the time has expired November 25. Draw your conclusions then.
By Tom
October 12, 2006 07:16 PM | Link to this
Typical Bradley: Even though the game in November will decide the issue of who is superior, he trumps up a biased diatribe, not based upon facts (even mutual opponents would be worthy of some credence); but he would rather you believe that Tech’s win over a weak Maryland team was some great milestone. I admit that Georgia has not been consistently sharp, but let us see the game played by the players, then decide who is better. If Georgia wins by a field goal, will that be somehow nullified in Bradley’s mind because UGA’s #1 kicker overcame his injury just in time to triumph? We can only speculate- a trait Bradley thrives upon with dubious results.
By jr
October 12, 2006 07:37 PM | Link to this
Just wondering did they ever teach R Ball how to count to four??????ie Athens two years ago
By War Eagle
October 12, 2006 07:53 PM | Link to this
Razorback Bill, no hard feelings, I like Arkys game, good athletes, but I will say this I feel the same toward Bammer as you do Auburn. Auburn represent ther SEC respectively in football year in and year out. We are trying like hell to sign Kobi Bryant, QB out of ARK and the offensive lineman, rated tops in the country also from Arky. Both are 5 star players. I forgot the big offensive lineman name, BUT his parents are Auburn grads, so dont get p** if we get both… Good luck against SW Missouri???.
By Barry
October 12, 2006 08:03 PM | Link to this
You must be out of your mind. The only thing resembling an educated comment was that Calvin Johnson was the best player in football. And, still Tech can’t figure out to get him the ball in “crunch time”. We will see who does the better coaching and playing down the stretch. But, when we win, and we will, don’t write about it. We would just as soon all of you dimwits be Tech fans. And, I guess taking shots at the Governor under 1st amendment protection makes you and Schultz feel big. What a fish wrapper of a paper!!!
By JMP
October 12, 2006 08:06 PM | Link to this
What’s all the hoopla about? Maybe Tech will beat Georgia in Athens. Doubtful. Regardless, it won’t matter. Both teams will lose two more times by then and will be praying for a mediocre bowl game!
By War Eagle
October 12, 2006 08:13 PM | Link to this
Sorry Razorback Bill, QB is Kobi Burns,not Bryant… damn basketball…sorry, too many absolute and soda`s???
By techs a joke
October 12, 2006 08:15 PM | Link to this
SOmeone had the nerve to say that Georgia tech was better than Georiga in the trenches. Georgia has a defensivew line full of Nfl players, and an offensive line with atleast two. I would take Georigias second string defensive line over Georgia tech’s. There is no comparison between Chrles Johnson and anyone on Techs defense. tech fans bash us for our close wins yet they somehow pull off a win against maryland whoby the way is not anywhere close to being a good football team. Plus they also struggled with troy who was dominated by UAB, who if you remember was shutout by Georiga. Then we lose to Tennesee by 18 becuase we give away the game with four tunrovers all resulting in UT touchdowns and suddenly Tech whos loss comes to a team inferior to the Vols in every category is the better team. Tech fans are just jumping at the oppurtunity to finnaly talk trash to a georgia fans. But if they look at the talent of the dawgs they will realize they still arent as good as us in a rebuilding year for us.
By Auburn Grad
October 12, 2006 08:15 PM | Link to this
Georgia Tech and Auburn had a great rivalry for many years. For a 20-25 year period Auburn (then Alabama Polytechnic Institute) had a president that wanted to de-emphasize football (it was really big at Auburn from about 1900-1920 when were one of the strongest teams in the Deep South). During the 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s we were only moderately succesful. GA Tech was a power and beat us every year until the early 50’s, when Auburn once again decided to pursue football with seriousness (we hired Shug). By the 70’s and 80’s Auburn was beating Tech consistently, and won an incredible 9 straight before, during, and after I was in school (1982-1986)—so TECH DROPPED US!!! Remember, we lost as many to Tech in the late 40’s/early 50’s, but we never quit. TECH is a school of math geeks that can’t chew gum and walk at the same time, and their football team QUIT when Auburn became dominant. Now they have the 2 wins against us (one a true win, the other a fluke). We are still 9-2 in the past 11 games. Go back to your on-line computer fantasy games, you bunch of GT geeks, and leave the real world to us Auburn engineers.
By Razorback Bill
October 12, 2006 08:32 PM | Link to this
Yeah War Eagle you had me confused a little there with the Kobi Bryant comment. You guys have a tough challenge ahead against the Gators. I do think that you’ll beat Bama this year, as you seem to have their number lately. Don’t underestimate that GA game though because it seems like they usually play good on the road, and with everyone on their case right now, they might come out like gang busters.
By Peter North
October 12, 2006 08:36 PM | Link to this
Hey techs a joke, were you an English major in college? Your grammar is atrocious my good man.
By no dawgs here
October 12, 2006 09:37 PM | Link to this
I seriously hope Tech beats Clemson and stays undefeated the rest of the year, including a rout of the over rated “dawgs”. Maybe just maybe, you bulldog bandwagon fan will shut the hell up!! Where is the Bulldog spirit during baseball season, or basketball season? Oh yeah the girls are good. Other than football, UGA SUCKS!!! The only time you hear anything from UGA fans is football season. Lick your wounds, balls, and a* and dread this season. Tech will win and BIG!!! I’m sorry, maybe I should use smaller words, for you dumb ignorant people. GT Will win da’ game!!!
By GTBurdell
October 12, 2006 09:45 PM | Link to this
All of this debate is well and fine. But remember that, after this brief flash in the lives of these young men, the Jackets among them tend to graduate and take on gainful employment, while recent statistics indicate that the ‘Dawgs of Athens’ will wear their bright red T-shirts with the Packers logo and drive their Cameros to work, where they likely will refer to the Jackets as “Boss”. I know the truth is sometimes a botter pill to swallow, but this is just the way it is. It’s been that way for a long time and isn’t likely to change.
By Michael Marshall
October 12, 2006 09:50 PM | Link to this
The article today mentioned that Georgia Tech had not beaten Georgia in football since 2000. However, wasn’t the 2000 win for Tech vacated by the NCAA in connection with the probabtion that was rendered last November?
By Michael
October 12, 2006 09:57 PM | Link to this
Mark Bradley’s a genius. He wrote this to get a rise out of people, and he did; this is one of the longest blogs I’ve seen in a while.
It doesn’t matter which side you’re on. Bradley did his job.
By Murph
October 12, 2006 11:27 PM | Link to this
To GTBurdell:
Show me the data. Oh, never mind, you don’t have it, because the data do not exist. It’s all part of the academic myth that Tech grads perpetuate, year after year, as an explanation for their athletic mediocrity. You’ve got “statistics” to support your contention? Or just more unsubtantiated bonehead suppostions rooted in fantasy? Tech producing a lot of doctors? Lawyers? Political leaders? Teachers? Where?
Is Tech an academically difficult institution? Sure. It takes a graduate with an aptitude for mathematics to get through the mandatory calculus classes that most Tech students (except football players) have to pass to graduate. But that is not the only type of intelligence, and leadership cannot be quantified by math SAT scores at all. Your governor? A Georgia grad. Your lieutenant governor? A Georgia grad, as are most of your state legislators, doctors,lawyers and businessmen. I don’t know of any community leaders in my hometown of Savannah who are Tech graduates. Not a single one. So where are these Tech “bosses?” Not here. So dispense with your delusions and your fabrications. If you have real data, deliver it. But I know you don’t, because the data do not exist.
By Hedge Dawg
October 12, 2006 11:37 PM | Link to this
Tech’s big win over Vick Tech isn’t looking so big after they were taken to the woodshed tonight by Boston College. Boston College only gave up 3 points. I thought GT’s defense was supposed to be good.
Tech, don’t say that the Dawgs have played a soft schedule, because obviously GT’s schedule hasn’t been too powerful either.
By Davey
October 12, 2006 11:54 PM | Link to this
Sorry too be so late on this blog but I would have to agree with Bradley on this one. I’m not saying uga can’t improve but if they played this weekend Tech would most def win. I find it very funny that the mutts are getting all upset over what Mark has to say. Hey guys great comebacks about tech maybe you can come up with some acutal points why uga going to beat tech this year. I’m getting pretty tired of these dawgs giving me a history lesson everytime tech does something good. Why don’t you guys just except that this year just won’t be one of your best years. With that said I see tech going 9-3(nc state and clemson). While uga going 8-4(we know who). The series record and the record for the last 30 years won’t decide who wins this year. Thats just my highschool 2 cents.
Go Jackets!!!!!!!!!!!
By GriffinMBABulldawg
October 12, 2006 11:58 PM | Link to this
To Pcooper,
You’d be well advised to stay away from a “redneck-ville” like Griffin. A panzy like you would leave with a mudhole stomped in your rear end. Did you see the article highlighting that Griffin High has produced more NFL players than any other Georgia high school? So stay in your mommy’s basement up in Dunwoody and keep popping the zits on your funny face.
Reggie Ball is a definitely a THUG. Only a thuggish idiot would have tattoos all over his arms. He’ll be very employable in the private sector … NOT!!! No worries though. You can count on the state of Georgia providing for Mr. Ball’s food, shelter and clothing as inmate #Z48T985 at Reidsville State Prison
Come November, the Tech bandwagon will be empty after the Dawgs put the Ramblin Nerd Herd in their place. I don’t think the Governor will be too offended by that.
By GTBurdell
October 13, 2006 12:08 AM | Link to this
My dear Murph: You wrote, “Your governor? A Georgia grad. Your lieutenant governor? A Georgia grad, as are most of your state legislators, doctors,lawyers[…] Murph, need I say more?
Also a Georgia grad: the bumpkin who was quoted a few weeks ago in the AJC complaining that having to park legitimately at UGA football games this year made him feel like he was at Tech…
Instead of confining your observations to your own limited world, I invite you to investigate the universe of technology firms. Georgia Tech is one of the 4 most successful incubators of technology firms in America. Ask your own state officials — THEY know and understand that simple fact. You needn’t take my word for it. Just examine any set of rankings of institutions of higher learning — Newsweek’s survey, the Princeton reference — you’ll find them in your local library (ask someone there to assist you in interpreting the data). What you’ll discover is that Georgia Tech excels even when compared with such institutions as MIT, Stanford and other premier schools. Now, to be fair UGA has some pockets of success as well (journalism, public recreation administration, etc.). But they just are not in the same league as Tech when you compare key parameters among their alumni. Personal income, home value, portfolio size — and, yes, these things ARE measured and published. Again, your library can assist you in finding the data. You can ask the alumni organizations of the schools for the data.
I can certainly understand your bitterness about the “Boss” situation. I’m deeply sorry that you are offended by it. Pop another cold one and you’ll forget all about it soon.
George
By Sean
October 13, 2006 12:28 AM | Link to this
I’m loving how fleabag fans thing Tech is going to lose to clemson, our D will shut down clemson and choice will run all over them and calvin will light them up big time. remember the last time we played at clemson? Calvin had a huge game that was his freshman year and he is way better now than he was then watchout Clemson #21 is coming your way. I’m feeling some ESPN gameday action on this game
By Sean
October 13, 2006 12:41 AM | Link to this
Maryland as bad as Colorado haha thats funny atleast Maryland had a winning record going into that game colorado has yet to win a game, colorado lost to a Div II school enough said