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DEL.ICIO.USGailey’s support still depends on beating UGA
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Mark Bradley
The coach who was stuck on seven wins is poised to post at least nine and maybe 12 victories in what seems his breakthrough season. But Chan Gailey didn’t enter 2006 needing only to win games; he also needed to win over a skeptical constituency. Has he managed the latter?
“I think some of those who support him are becoming louder,” said Jason Hill of Conyers, a 1994 grad. “If you look at other Georgia Tech coaches, his record is comparable to [George] O’Leary’s and [Bobby] Ross’.”
Ross was 31-26-1 as Tech’s coach. O’Leary was 36-22 through his first five seasons. Gailey is 34-24, placing him shoulder-to-shoulder with the Institute’s two most successful post-Dodd coaches. But Ross, who brought the 1990 UPI national championship to Tech, was respected in a way that Gailey still isn’t, and O’Leary, who restored the Jackets to prominence after the dark Bill Lewis days, was, to borrow Tech alum Sid Williams’ 1998 characterization, actually beloved.
Williams used that description — “the beloved coach” — to introduce O’Leary to the Atlanta Touchdown Club two days after Tech beat Georgia for the first time in eight seasons. Any discussion of Gailey must take into account the yardstick by which every Tech coach is judged. Ross beat Georgia twice in five seasons. O’Leary did it three times in seven. The incumbent is 0-for-4.
Would a loss in Athens on Nov. 25 override all the advances Tech and Gailey have made? “You’re going to hear people say that,” Hill said. “As much as Tech fans hate to admit it, they care about what happens in that game. … So much of what Tech feels about itself comes down to that one game.”
Indeed, Gailey’s first loss to Georgia — 51-7 in 2002 — served to convince at least a portion of his fan base that he wasn’t up to the task. Never mind that he has felled at least one ranked team in each of his five seasons; when your fight song includes the phrase, “To hell with Georgia,” it behooves a coach to beat you-know-who.
Failures in that particular game were a chief reason why some Tech folks, the former letterman Taz Anderson chief among them, protested last year when outgoing athletics director Dave Braine gave Gailey a new contract and then said he didn’t believe the Jackets could win nine or 10 games on a consistent basis. Braine’s semi-endorsement: “Chan Gailey will continue to be successful, though maybe not as successful as some people would like.”
Anderson likened the extension and Braine’s sobering outlook to acceptance of “mediocrity.” He still fires off angry e-mails to new AD Dan Radakovich after losses, but this week Anderson preferred not to comment publicly on Gailey, saying only, “I will say that you need a psychiatrist to understand this team.”
Asked about Anderson’s critical messages, Radakovich said: “I love Taz … [but] I can’t say that’s anywhere close to being a majority comment.” Asked if this season has effected a broad-based change in attitude, Radakovich said: “I think a segment of the Tech population is looking on Coach Gailey and his players and his staff in a better light — and they certainly deserve that.”
But what if Tech wins the Coastal Division and even the ACC championship in Jacksonville and maybe even the Orange Bowl … and loses again to Georgia? Would one non-conference defeat taint a shining season? Said Radakovich: “Not in my mind. We’re here to win championships. Coach Gailey has said our No. 1 goal is to win championships. That said, that [Georgia] game means a lot to people. It will be very much on the radar screen.”
Does Gailey need to beat Georgia? Said Anderson: “Yes, he should beat Georgia. We ought to beat Georgia [this year].”
If you’re coaching the team based on North Avenue, there’s really only one road to acceptance. As heartening as a division or a conference title would be, nothing would turn chilly Chan Gailey into the people’s choice faster than a victory between those hated hedges.
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By The Man
October 31, 2006 04:31 PM | Link to this
THE DAWGS WILL CRUSH THE NERDS!!!
GAILEY IS A TERRIBLE COACH!!! HE WILL NEVER BEAT GEORGIA!!!
I AM THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Franklin Beacham GT59
October 31, 2006 04:48 PM | Link to this
Coach Gailey will have a mess next year because despite a great incoming QB he will be playing a freshman or a very green QB w/o game snaps. Look only to Athens and see what happens. He will beat UGa this year.
By george
October 31, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this
Looks like another long year on the flats if their season depends on beating the Dawgs. The Dawgs are having a down year, but they have not sunk to level of losing to Tech.
By Luvthejackets
October 31, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this
Taz Anderson and his group of followers are idiots. All they do is spread poison. They did not want Gailey in the beginning and they never gave him a chance. I think there are a lot of things Gailey could have done better in his first five years. That being said, he did not exactly inherit the best situation at Tech. Gailey had a lot of bad breaks. Tech was slipping in O’Leary’s last season on the flats. People like to forget that. I believe in giving Gailey or any coach a chance to build a program when you bring him in. Programs are not built in 2 or 3 years. Especially with the lack of talent and academic problems that Gailey had thrown at him out of the gate. Look at Beamer and Bowden’s first five years at their respective programs. They were horrible, but they were building. Gailey comes from the same school of thought as those guys. He has been coaching his whole life. It’s not like he got to Tech and forgot how to do everything. I am glad Tech gave Gailey the new contract last year. It was the right thing to do. For a guy to have a legit shot at building something you have to give him more than 3 or 4 years. I think that this year we will reap the rewards of keeping Chan Gailey. That includes beating Georgia, playing for an ACC Championship and BCS Bowl, and we are set to have a top 10-15 recruiting class. One thing Gailey has done a great job with is coaching up players. Next year he is going to have some great talent to work with.
The future is bright at Georgia Tech. Thanks to Chan Gailey, his staff, and great recruiting. If we leave it all up to morons like Taz Anderson we would change coaches every three years. Thankfully Tech did not leave it up to Anderson and his groupies.
Go Jackets!!!
By GoJckts1
October 31, 2006 05:16 PM | Link to this
‘The Man’: You’re an idiot. Get off of this blog. I believe Tech will beat Georgia this year. However, I agree 100% with Radakovich. The goal is to win championships, not to beat one certain football team. Not to mention that certain team (UGA) has absolutely no shot at any championship situation this year and will be lucky to get to the Music City Bowl.
By Luvthejackets
October 31, 2006 05:17 PM | Link to this
Taylor Bennett will start next season while Gailey brings Nesbit along. We will not make the mistake of pushing Nesbit to early with a guy like Taylor who knows the offense. I think that Taylor will be fine. We will have a senior running back and a good enough offensive line to keep the pressure off of the QB.
By Ft Worth Dawg
October 31, 2006 05:20 PM | Link to this
Coach Gailey spoke at our church about when he became coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He is a good person and deserves some wins (but not against UGA).
I have to agree that next year will be tougher at Tech with a new QB. Factor in the possibility that Calvin and/or Tenuta may be gone. In fact, the idea of having a new QB should be an incentive for Calvin and/or Tenuta to get out while things are good. Coach Giff is doing a good job recruiting.
The big plus for Tech next year may be a massive turnover in coaching staff for some ACC schools (UNC, Miami, Virginia, maybe NC State, maybe others - plus someone may try to lure Wake’s coach away). Turmoil from coaching changes may spill over into recruiting.
Another big plus for Tech will be, I believe, that its scholarship reductions will go away. Probation does not seem to have hurt Tech’s recruiting or its performance this year.
Of course, it’s stating the obvious that part of Tech’s success this year is a very weak ACC. If the ACC rebounds then conference play becomes more of a meatgrinder, and any individual team’s chance of success is reduced.
By GT2Nash
October 31, 2006 05:22 PM | Link to this
Until VERY recently, I have NOT been a supporter of Gailey, but I have changed my mind. I think the Tech family must continue to DEMAND excellence from our athletic programs through and through - in the classrooms and in the games. I also think that Chan is capable of maintaining a high caliber program that accomplishes both. What I have been seeing most recently is a coach who truly loves and respects his players and is committed to doing what it takes to win CONSISTENTLY. I for one, although traditionally a fair-weather fan, am in full support of Chan Gailey.
By GT2Nash
October 31, 2006 05:24 PM | Link to this
By the way… TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!
By Luvthejackets
October 31, 2006 05:32 PM | Link to this
Tech is lucky to have a brilliant AD like Dan Radakovich. I believe he will grow this program in big ways!
George, keep talking. The more you talk the dumber you sound. All you are doing is setting yourself up to look like a fool.
By James
October 31, 2006 05:53 PM | Link to this
Let’s just remember that Taylor Bennett is 1 of only 2 QBs to throw for a TD on his first collegiate pass (the other is Matt Leinhart). James Johnson has begun to step up, and Tashard Choice has been very good this season. Considering that the rest of our schedule is really easy, I expect to see Taylor Bennett throwing some passes in the next few games.
In his first year as QB, Shawn Jones set almost every freshman record (some of which he still has today). Joe Hamilton and George Godsey played great their first years as well. Reggie Ball rivaled Joe Hamilton and Shawn Jones his first year, as well. So don’t just throw next season out the window just because we’re going to get a new QB.
By James
October 31, 2006 05:54 PM | Link to this
Let’s just remember that Taylor Bennett is 1 of only 2 QBs to throw for a TD on his first collegiate pass (the other is Matt Leinhart). James Johnson has begun to step up, and Tashard Choice has been very good this season. Considering that the rest of our schedule is really easy, I expect to see Taylor Bennett throwing some passes in the next few games.
In his first year as QB, Shawn Jones set almost every freshman record (some of which he still has today). Joe Hamilton and George Godsey played great their first years as well. Reggie Ball rivaled Joe Hamilton and Shawn Jones his first year, as well. So don’t just throw next season out the window just because we’re going to get a new QB.
By WirelessBuzz
October 31, 2006 05:59 PM | Link to this
I assure you that I absolutely stand UGA and I want to beat them in anything that can be competitively considered. That being said, our season, our program is more than just beating UGA. If a championship or major bowl berth were not on the line, beating UGA might be the biggest thing to accomplish in a season. But not this year. A trip to Miami and the Orange Bowl would be HUGE for this program and a rich reward for Chan and all the work he has done. Chan has my support, regardless of what he does during this season to UGA. Between the results we are seeing thusfar this year and the upturn in recruiting, I feel myself and other have been proven right in supporting this fine man as our coach during some frustrating moments in recent years.
The Taz Anderson types (and I have spent way too many hours arguing with this type on a certain Internet message board) seem to have more of an agenda against Chan than for the program. I do not know if they wanted Coach Mac or someone else from the moment Chan was hired, but it seems to me that they are some embedded in their opposition to Chan that they allow that to compromise their full support for this team and our school.
By wiiwii
October 31, 2006 06:15 PM | Link to this
People talk about losing a senior QB, but they forget that the QB we’re talking about is Reggie Ball. Tech will ultimately be better off regardless of who steps into the position next year. I wouldn’t be surprised if Threet or Nesbitt started as a true freshman.
By Jolly Good Fellow
October 31, 2006 06:20 PM | Link to this
We have bigger fish to fry than that sespool of the south school. I say start all the freshman and walkons against the bullpups. We don’t need to risk any injuries on that bunch of losers.
By Derrick Strickland
October 31, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this
Jason Hill’s a bum. Bradley quoting a Tech ‘grad’ who slept his way through school and woke up only for sporting events and IM games only adds to his Georgia bias.
By Derrick Strickland
October 31, 2006 06:49 PM | Link to this
JK, Jason
By taltech
October 31, 2006 06:59 PM | Link to this
I have been a tech fan for more than 50 years. With a less conservative, more innovative offense we would have beaten the dogs the last two years. A Chan coached Tech team will never beat the dogs no matter how long he is the coach.
By gatech87
October 31, 2006 07:47 PM | Link to this
When Tech is playing in the Orange Bowl as ACC Champs while having whipped UGAy’s arse in Athens, and the doggies are 7-5 and playing in the Music City Bowl, I’ll be laughing my arse off…
By Ralph
October 31, 2006 07:58 PM | Link to this
Once more and again, an AJC hack, in this case Mark Bradley, is trying to plant a seed. We don’t need to pour water on it or even given it one ray of light. The article was written more for the Muttlanders than for us. Mark felt he had to keep their spirits up.
Always remember and never forget, the business of the AJC is to sell newspapers. So since the AJC is still the official newspaper of the UGA athletic department, they have to appease their athletic supporters because there are more Muttland fans than Tech fans.
Our #1 goal must be to win the ACC. Our #2 goal then is to beat Muttland. It has been that way since we joined the conference.
Let’s win the games ahead of Muttland, then worry about Muttland.
Let’s keep our eye on the prize and don’t let the Muttlanders and their willing accomplices in the AJC get in the way of them.
By Hesahaus45
October 31, 2006 08:13 PM | Link to this
Hey, taltech It seems as though you haven’t seen, read, or even heard about a SINGLE GT game this season. We have a new OC(or one that is actually doing his job now) and we are running a more modern/innovative offense right now(Calvin threw a pass to reggie on saturday)with double reverses, 5 WR sets, counters and everything… so my question to you is IF we beat the mutts and win the ACC will you support our coach and team then?
Geez I am only a student but I hope I am never as bitter about the program that I love as you are!
By champs of Ga
October 31, 2006 08:20 PM | Link to this
Tech beats dogs…and is Georgia Champs!
By War Eagle
October 31, 2006 08:23 PM | Link to this
I played in the North-South All star football game with Taz Anderson, he was a country boy from Savannah, who did`nt have cab fare. He marries very high gets a successful company going and gains the right to e-mail who he wants with heavy contributions to his alma mater…he is a good guy and loves Tech.
By Tim
October 31, 2006 08:35 PM | Link to this
I think it’s funny that people on this blog are making fun of Georgia for not having a good year. A 3-loss season is a down year for Georgia, but not for Tech. What are the most recent bowls for the nerds? The Champ Sports Bowl?? The Independence Bowl?? All while the Dawgs won 2 SEC titles (which I’m sorry means more than winning 2 ACC titles) and went to 2 Sugar Bowls?? Gimme a break. Our seniors will want to win this game so badly to redeem themselves in the eyes of every Georgia fan that they will make it happen. GO DAWGS!
By GT96
October 31, 2006 08:39 PM | Link to this
8 times in the last 30 years….let me write that again….8 times in the last 30 years! That is the number of times GT has beaten UGA dating back to 1975. Why is our record so poor against our in-state rival? I don’t think they have had superior programs dating back to 1975, so you have to look at the GT leadership during that time. Therefore, lets not judge Coach Gailey and D-Rad on our less than steller past. I believe we actually have a couple of winners at the helm that are in the process of changing an old GT mentality and culture that quite honestly could use an upgrade. So all of you folks out there that so desire instant gratification need to realize that turning this 8 out of 30 program around won’t happen overnight. Coach Gailey finally has a squad of “his” recruits….and we are 6-2. Coach Gailey finally has his recruiting network in place…..and we have a recruiting class ranked in the nations top 20. Can we beat DAWGNATION??? I hope so. Go Jackets!!!
By Bruce
October 31, 2006 08:55 PM | Link to this
For the last 5,6 years I have looked at the Georgia game as a chance to salvage the season. This was mostly due to the fact that we were up and down. I could give a rat’s a$$ what happens in the Georgia game as long as we can get to Jacksonville on Dec. 2.
I was very vocal in that Gailey needed to go. After watching the success of this year’s team, he’s winning me over. The way they play (effort), and the fact that we don’t read about them in the paper along with the upcoming recruiting class has almost convinced me that Chan’s the Man.
I say “To hell with Georgia”…He wins at NC State, NC, and at home against Duke, and I’m in his corner until he retires.
By Jake
October 31, 2006 09:00 PM | Link to this
If we beat the dogs that’s great. I’d rather win the ACC championship though. Getting into a BCS bowl will boost recruiting more than beating a lowly UGA team. Granted we should win. If we have to win one, let’s get the trophy.
By Rob
October 31, 2006 09:14 PM | Link to this
Beating Georgia is what really counts.
By retired engineer
October 31, 2006 09:19 PM | Link to this
Mr 96, I’m old enough to remember when Tech whipping dogs was the norm. And this current bunch is certainly fun to watch!
They just might start another trend…
By Bob
October 31, 2006 09:19 PM | Link to this
Winning an ACC Championship is what really counts.
By jc2beers
October 31, 2006 09:22 PM | Link to this
gt will lose,,,,, yet again. to the dawgs.
uga has won 31 of the last 40 how bout them dawgs
By UGASUX
October 31, 2006 09:27 PM | Link to this
THE MAN HAS NO GENITALS LIKE THE UGA OFFENSE.
By JustMe
October 31, 2006 09:27 PM | Link to this
Ugag is a non-issue for me, as a Tech fan. It would be great to win that game like it is great to win any game.
The ACC championship and a BCS bowl game are the prizes, not ugag.
Besides, ugag cannot ever beat UFL and that is in their conference! It is not as important for us to beat ugag.
By Maryland Dawg
October 31, 2006 09:29 PM | Link to this
Reggie Ball is playing quarterback in that game right? I don’t care if Jerry Rice and Lynn Swann are catching the ball he still sucks. Dawgs win in close one. Hey, but don’t worry Stafford will be there for the next 3 years, good luck nerds.
By GT96
October 31, 2006 09:36 PM | Link to this
Mr. retired engineer, I’m young enough to want to ask my Dad and his teammates about a guy you may remember….Billy Lothridge. I realize Tech has a winning tradition….just trying to make a point.
…and I agree, DRad and Coach Gailey might just start a new trend…
By Al
October 31, 2006 09:39 PM | Link to this
The key to Techs success is their coaching, and Calvin Johnson. Once Tenuta gets a head coaching position, it will be back to loserville for the nerds. If Calvin goes pro after this season…it’s back to loserville for the nerds. This will be your only chance to win the ACC or beat the DAWGS for the near future.
By Cracker
October 31, 2006 09:39 PM | Link to this
Wow, it is good to know that there are plenty of ignorant jackasses on the Tech side too…. For a while there, I thought we at UGA had the lock on these types…. difference is…most of our jackass fans did not actually graduate from…well, wait….they did not even go to College…please, I ask you Techsters to let them into your camp…take them all…please… you will love them. They never played a down of football, but know everything about the game…Christ, there are @ 700 guys in Barrow County who can coach better than Gailey and Richt combined…I mean, they played some flag footbal back in the day and all, so they are experts… seriously, take them all…. and while we are here, I must say that I lost $$$ on that poor showing in Clemson…. I hope Ball plays that way in Athens…
either way, do not get me wrong, I do not like much about the N.A. Trade school….but, on another level, I empathize with those Tech Grads who actually understand football…let alone played it at a College level…dealing with these jagoffs who make you and your school look ignorant is tough….
I do not know who will win the game this year…. if UGA plays like they did against Vandy and if Tech plays like they did against Clemson…. it may end up scoreless.. but either way, I spent 7 years in undergrad and graduate school in Athens and had relations with many attractive women….and that, makes me happy…..go dawgs…
By Herschel
October 31, 2006 09:48 PM | Link to this
Huh?
By The Man
October 31, 2006 09:52 PM | Link to this
TECH WILL CRUSH THE CHIUAUAS!!! KAMIKE AND WHEELER WILL FEED BABY STAFFORD TURF ON EVERY SERIES!!!
TECH 223 CHIUAUAS 0… GOTTA BREAK THAT RECORD
I AM NOT THE MAN!!!
By brent
October 31, 2006 09:53 PM | Link to this
The only thing Taz Anderson should be worrying about removing is that horrible eyesore “flame stautue” that he paid to errect behind The Varsity in 1996. What a horrible piece of crap that thing is. It is NOT art. Go Dogs.
By 94Dawg
October 31, 2006 09:57 PM | Link to this
Of course all that matters is beating UGA. The trade school can go 1-11 and as long as the 1 is against UGA all 15K of their fans will be happy. That’s the difference between standards and ACC-also ran expectations.
Of course, since it happens about once per decade, even that lame desire is irrelevant. See you in Athens, little bees.
By hiveredtech
October 31, 2006 10:00 PM | Link to this
Sad to say it…but Taz went off the deep end. He over-committed to a position too soon because somebody hurt his feelings by not bowing down to him at a gathering early on….and now he feels stuck with it. Very sad…he could be part of the many former GT players that are part of the family with this staff and team…one that just keeps getting larger…yet he is not. He would be welcomed in any day…but he has to swallow some pride first.
By 51-7
October 31, 2006 10:00 PM | Link to this
Tech Lies and Cheats. Everybody knows it, even the NCAA.
ie: 1998, 1999, 2000….the “vacated” games.
Cheaters never win. Questions? I thought not.
By ugalaw
October 31, 2006 10:06 PM | Link to this
Anyone else find it hilarious that the two most successful GT coaches of the post-Bobby Doddy Era had losing records against UGA? And those two guys coached during a period in which UGA was at its lowest since the early ’60s.
It’s quite funny how much emphasis Tech puts on the Georgia game.
When you have to play (and usually lose to)rivals Auburn and Florida every year, you tend not to pay much attention to a middle-of-the pack SEC team.
If Gailey is to beat Georgia, this would be the year.
By Merrill Bagwell
October 31, 2006 10:07 PM | Link to this
Another loss to UGA and it’s just another 7-5 year as far as I’m concerned. I appreciate the progress, but it’s time for Tech to “finish the drill.”
By Steve
October 31, 2006 10:13 PM | Link to this
I’m a UGA man, and as a native Atlantan, I like for Tech to do well. However, I have never seen such an incredible complex the Tech people have when it comes to losing to or beating UGA. God, get a life; it’s a football game!
By TECHSUX
October 31, 2006 10:23 PM | Link to this
Tech will not beat GEORGIA this year. The ACC has never been lower. Tech’s wins this year have no credibility. I hope Gailey stays for a long time. And I wish (5th down) Reggie could stay for a long time too. Go Dawgs and To HELL with Tech and their obnoxious, fair-weather fans!
By TechFan
October 31, 2006 10:24 PM | Link to this
Tech will beat Georgia like their grads beat an egg at Waffle House Mathew Stafford couldn’t complete a pass to 10th street whore.
By Kay
October 31, 2006 10:26 PM | Link to this
I just wish Buzz would not come out before every game and fall flat of his a*.
By Andrew
October 31, 2006 10:33 PM | Link to this
I have a picture of my mom and dad going to Tech vs UGA in the 1950’s. My god, please beat UGA. Please. Then win in Jacksonville and beyond. But, by Bobby God, please beat UGA.
By Yeah_Boy
October 31, 2006 10:38 PM | Link to this
-Bradley, are you “The Man”?
How else do you respond first everytime. Either that or you’re the biggest blog loser East of the Mississippi.
By heytaz
October 31, 2006 10:45 PM | Link to this
Taz Anderson and Mr. DuPree (yes, the DuPree whose name is no longer on the college) have both been extraordinarily negative about these things. I’m a 50’s alum and yes, I give in the category that allows me the pleasure of socializing in planned events with many Tech alums, including Taz, and until a few years ago, DuPree.
When I’ve voiced my opinion that we should give Gailey an opportunity to succeed, before bringing in a “Tech man”, Taz has always reminded me that I am not loyal to Georgia Tech, that I was not a member of ANAK, and that my belief that Tech cannot rely only upon alumni is…somehow mistaken.
I hope Mr. Anderson appreciates that his name is being attached to the most virulent hatred of Chan; to such support of a great alum, Mr. Curry for AD, that he embarrassed our Institute.
Taz, back off and keep your mouth shut unless you plan to make a substantial donation to Tech (i.e. Boone Pickens style).
By PicJacket
October 31, 2006 11:02 PM | Link to this
1) If we go to the ACCCG, and look respectable, I think that Gailey has bought himself another year or 2, irrespective of the UGA outcome. 2) the reason coaches don’t get 4-5 years any more is Bob Stoops and Peter Carol. They went straight to the top, os people expect we should, also. But if I may be frank, we are not OU or USC…there are only 9-10 programs in the country that can command that expectation, and Tech isn’t among them. 3) UGA is no better than VaTech or Miami this year. We can beat them, and I think we will. But if we don’t, I’m not going to join the chorus calling for Chanh’s job. 4) Reggie…ahhh, Reggie. What to say about Reggie? I for one don’t like the vitriol directed at the men who take the field for Tech, and I’ve never been comfortable w/ the criticism of Reggie. How many of you critics could have taken that kind of heat at age 18-19, and persevered as well as he has. He’s a competitor, and a warrior on the field (for better or worse). I for one will thank Reggie for his commitment to GaTech, for his endurance/perseverance for the last 4 years. 4) On the average, Reggie’s not a standout, and I’ll look w/ patients and hope that the next QB will take tech to the next level. I would prefer to see of the incoming freshmen be our starter, and give them time to develop, and 4 years to maximize his potential. Reggie’s played his best ball of his career after 4 years. A more talented QB will be that much better. It’s an investment ion the future, which I (as a fan) am willing to make. 5) I have loved watching Tech this year, and I think we are headed for a 9 or 10 win season, and a great bowl game. I love these Jackets! Enjoy it fans! It’s been a great run, and it’s going top get better when we are 9-32 heading to Athens!!!!!!!!!! 6) TO HELL W/ GA!!!!By Tator Tot
October 31, 2006 11:02 PM | Link to this
Not only will Chan Gailey’s Technicians lose to Georgia this year, they are going to get beat in one of the next three games by one of the weaklings of the ACC. Losing to teams like UNC is so much a part of a Gailey team’s DNA that it is literally NOT POSSIBLE for them NOT to lose one of those games. Mark my bark, baby! It’s going to be sooooo sweet!
Also, THE MAN is the man!! If he’s Bradley, then He’s the man, too!
By Frank
October 31, 2006 11:05 PM | Link to this
Who elected Taz to be spokesman? He certainly doesn’t speak for me or anyone that I know. I am sick of seeing him trash Tech’s coaches.
He has never been a large contributor and he has never had any great influence. It is funny that the newspapers make it sound like he does. I know I have many times more A-T points than he does. Taz deserves some credit for having played at Tech - but he is also out of touch with a little thing we call reality.
I have always felt as supportive of Chan as I possibly could. And, even if I didn’t, I would be so pathetic as to publicly campaign against a Georgia Tech coach. Sad.
GO JACKETS!!
By mtraininjax
October 31, 2006 11:07 PM | Link to this
Duh, UGAg fans here in Jax see UF as a bigger rival than Tech, so who cares what happens in that game.
Win the ACC in Jax
Win the Orange Bowl, we can eat Oranges while UGAg plays with Music in Nashville or a weedeater, and so what if they beat us. ACC Championship and BCS bowl have a better ring to it than beating UGAg.
By Jacket hope
October 31, 2006 11:11 PM | Link to this
One of the fundamental problems Tech has is focusing too much on UGA. We sing every song about them.
We write silly abbreviations for them like “UGAY” or “UGAG” instead of UGA.
It is so gay.
Chan is trying to get us to focus our minds with wisdom on championships and playing our best not UGA. As long as we continue to sing about UGA, focus on UGA, think about UGA, write about UGA, I believe God will continue to tilt the favor in UGA’s corner when we play them. Yes I believe God is powerful enough to be involved in every little detail of our lives and still worry about all the “quote” big stuff.
You can’t chant “to hell with Georgia” every week expect good things to happen.
I have decided to use Tech sporting events to build relationships with my son and others. I expect us to continue to lose to UGA as long as we curse them to hell every chance we get. It’s silly, trivial, immature, wrong, and most importantly of a loser mentality.
By ben
October 31, 2006 11:15 PM | Link to this
Its way to early to worry about the dawgs. We’v got three games before them and we are capable of losing any of the three. And what matters to Radakovich is can you raise alumni money with Chan at the helm, not his won-loss record.
By Scooter
October 31, 2006 11:15 PM | Link to this
As a UGA fan, I will admit, we have our flaws. That said, what can you say about a fan base [Tech] that is so obsessed with beating UGA that it becomes their only “raison d’etre.” Really, read The Hive if you don’t believe me. Almost certainly, Tech will beat UGA this year. Heck, if they don’t win this year, they won’t ever. But, what is our response? “What’s the big deal? Even Vandy beat us.” Imagine their disappointment when the reality of this retort sinks in. I can visualize the glee slinking out of their sad, pathetic eyes when they realize their victory means nothing.
By longtimedawg
October 31, 2006 11:16 PM | Link to this
The TECHMITES have only won 8 games against the hated men of ATHENS since 1975…30 years of losing. Just in case you north ave nerds have not checked the series record lately it’s still UGA leads 57-38-5. What makes you think this year will be any different? I hope you guys are not hoping Reggie Ball will win it for you. without calvin johnson tech is nothing….Clemson exposed that! GO DAWGS
By Skydawg
October 31, 2006 11:32 PM | Link to this
This blog is almost laughable. Do I think UGA will beat Tech, yes I do. Do I think Tech can beat UGA, yes I do. But to hear you Techmites talking about the Dawgs having a off year and going to the Music City Bowl is hilarious. Sure its a rebuilding year for the Dawgs, but lets keep things in perspective here. The Dawgs are 6-3 in the SEC with 2 losses to top 10 teams within the Eastern division alone. Yeah we Dawg fans were all horrifed with the Vandy loss, but this is a Vandy team that just kicked the dog squeeze out of a Duke team that Miami…YES MIAMI had to squeak by. So all you Tech fans can get all jacked up about going to the ACC championship game within an extremely weak field this year. While UGA has been to 3 SEC Championship games in 5 years, winning 2 amongst some of the top teams in the country. Oh and all they way kickin your little nerd arses up and down the field. So enjoy your little blip on the radar, because that’s all it is. The Dawgs will win in Athens and will be back in full force competing for SEC and National titles within the next 3 years (Stafford), while Tech will once again lose its Cindarella slippers and turn into the big pumpkin on North Avenue. All you have to do is look at the TV ratings in the AJC from this past weekend and you will see that NO ONE cares about Tech. The Dawgs are this states team and always will be. The fans know it and most importantly the recruits know it. Period!
By RamblinGamblin
October 31, 2006 11:50 PM | Link to this
The mutts mean nothing to me. Quote all the records you want, Tech still has more Championships than the fleabags. Infact, fourty years after leaving the SEC, we still had more conference championships than your mispelled dogs.
By kentjacket
October 31, 2006 11:59 PM | Link to this
Want to talk about obsession go over to the UGA boards and look at the UF talk. Don’t think tech’s ever lost 15 of 17 to anyone.
By kentjacket
November 1, 2006 12:05 AM | Link to this
skydawg talks about how weak Miami is. How many teams has UGA beat with a winning record this year? Thats what I thought. If stafford is the savior all you puppies hopes he is he’ll never be there 3 more yrs. He does complete alot of passes to bad it’s not your guys catching the ball.
By surfrider
November 1, 2006 12:16 AM | Link to this
Big differences between Ross/O’leary and now Gailey. First Gailey inherited a program and recruiting base fully stocked. He then drove it into the ground offensively. Defensively O’leary had many injuries which hurt us the last few years remember LB’s Miller and Urovich, etc..O’leary had to come off the bottom at 1-10. Ross had to switch to a more passing attack and establish new recruiting inroads. Both Ross and O’leary laid the work for Tech to be good for decades. The last four games have been good no question but we caught VT and Miami a little down and timing was good for Maryland. Don’t forget we had to comeback to win two of those games. This is what we expected in year one from a pro coach who had a lot of experience, instead we go mediocre ball for 4 years with four losses to UGA. Tenuta is also key to this team and Braine brought him in basically. Give credit due where it is due. He has improved the defense and finally bringing in some talent, which should help since the staff has gotten a lot of average recruiting talent since their tenure began. It also helps our division is weak this year but it won’t last as Miami, UNC and possibly UVA are all positioned to become powerhouses in the future.
By NGJacket
November 1, 2006 12:21 AM | Link to this
To the original point of Bradley’s article - I think people have forgotten that at one time, for a long time, Tech-Georgia was the most intense rivalry in college football. Can you say clean old fashioned hate? True Tech fans with a penchant for history are going to want to seen Tech beat Georgia. I’d even go as far as questioning how loyal a Tech fan is that doesn’t care for beating Georgia in any given season. And for you Georgia fans who don’t care much for this rivalry - I bet your aptitude for history is about as good as your spelling of the word “dog.”
Even if Tech loses one of its next three match-ups (after the last few years, anything is possible) we are still going to play in the ACCCG. IMO, beating Georgia would be more satisfying than winning our watered-down division - and regardless, we’ll have a better bowl pick than years past. Gaily at this juncture has already broken through the 7-5 (mediocre season) barrier and I suspect this Tech team will improve even more in the next few years. But now, with the opportunity, it is time to take the next step and beat the pups - who with their “down” season will want that game as badly as we do.
By surfrider
November 1, 2006 12:24 AM | Link to this
As for the complaints against Taz Anderson they are unjustified. He was right for not wanting a contract extension, the reasons of which are numerous as a result of the first four years. Things are going better now but don’t get too excited. Our division is weak and we better enjoy it before UNC, Miami and UVA bring in some heavy hitting coaches. As for Hamilton he was pretty bad his Freshman year playing. It was when Friedgen came in for his sophmore year that Hamilton by year end became one of the Nation’s top QB’s. Unfortunately Reggie was not given the same opportunity to polish his game until this season when finally Gailey woke up to the fact he should’nt be involved in anything, on offense.
By GTGreg
November 1, 2006 12:27 AM | Link to this
Who gives a crap about the bullfrawgs right now? They’re going to lose to Kentucky, Auburn and Tech before they’re through on their tour-de-farce, and their hogwash fans are raiding our blog trying to get a rise. Our fans should note our players attitudes and focus on NC State. This is a great season, and you enjoy it more if you take it one game at a time. Georgia fans are focused on the Tech game because it’s a sign that their season will soon be over. Go Jackets! Beat the Wolfpack!
By HARDCORE-TECH FAN
November 1, 2006 01:49 AM | Link to this
listen ok…..i am the most hardcore tech fan on campus! I am a fourth year, and for my first three years here, I have seen us lose in the most ridiculous of ways! I’ve seen us beat Auburn, then lose to Duke, or Wake. ALL I want is for us to beat those rednecks! I understand that winning the ACC and a bowl game is SWEET, but whats the point of winning all that when everytime I try to bring it up, some redneck UGA fan says: “Yea, but we still own you!!!” or “You may have beat W. VIrginia (or who ever) in the orange bowl, but you can never beat the Dawgs!!! woof woof woof!!!” Im tired of losing to them. This season is only a success to tech fans if we do both! COME ON PPL… wats the point of winning the ACC and Orange Bowl if we cant go to work for 365 days and talk trash to the GEorgia fans.
AND 4 THE RECORD, I DONT WANT A REGULAR WIN IN ATHENS, I WANT A 51-3 RAPING!
By getalifenerds
November 1, 2006 01:54 AM | Link to this
geez nerds! even though I’m a loyal alum and rabid dawg fan who loves to beat the jackets, i don’t wad myself up over the game like you techies. tech should beat us this year based on the way the teams are playing but you techies need to disentangle your self esteem from this game and get a life. try getting a girlfriend, it might help relieve some of that tension…
By afewgood
November 1, 2006 03:10 AM | Link to this
Don’t ask those dumb questions. Who cares about how those puppies bark.
By Wedgie Evans
November 1, 2006 03:27 AM | Link to this
This poll is stupid… if you really care about Tech’s short-term and long-term future the ACC championship is obviously more important. An automatic BCS bid and that kind of national exposure will help this team recruit players for a long time. UGA sucks this year anyway — if they still had Greene, Pollack, Shockley, Leonard Pope, Odell Thurman, etc. then a win over them would have meant something. Beating UGA this year, when they are having one of their worst years in a long time, means next to nothing.
And I agree with some of these UGA fans, sometimes my fellow Tech fans get waaaaaay too obsessed with this rivalry. UGA is not a conference opponent, a win over them means relatively little in Tech’s BCS ranking, and being so preoccupied with UGA only makes Tech fans look desperate. Especially in a year when UGA is this bad, we should be singing “To Hell with Clemson” instead. There are a lot of other games against equally good, if not better opponents on our schedule which have a lot more relevance in the standings.
A win in a rivalry game gets you bragging rights — an ACC Championship gets your school money and blue-chip recruits. I’ll take the ACC Championship any day.
By BigEd
November 1, 2006 03:27 AM | Link to this
Win Championships and beat Georgia should be the standard. Chan has been around the block and is a Georgia boy. He knows that one without the other is unacceptable. However, if you don’t win a championship, beating Georgia makes the year go by much smoother. It’s hard for us Tech fans to live with those obnoxious Dawg fans when they win.
By Thomas
November 1, 2006 03:31 AM | Link to this
Maybe Tech can beat UGA if Ball and Gailey learn to count to 4, a skill apparently mastered by “rednecks.”
By TechFan
November 1, 2006 04:18 AM | Link to this
HARDCORE-TECH FAN:
You made me laugh so hard I’m almost crying … it’s true, we need to own UGA this year and we will. They will go with their stupid woof woof to the Music Bowl. GO JACKETS!!
By gtfan
November 1, 2006 05:09 AM | Link to this
Bradley, you haven’t picked yet? Oh wait, you and Moore are the bandwagon-jockeys so you’ll wait and see which ever team wins and then, say, ‘I told you so.’
God, you two kill me.
The ajc needs to boot both your asses!
By GTinVA
November 1, 2006 06:22 AM | Link to this
Scooter made a good point. UGA is down this year and we really should beat them in Athens. If so, is that really a big deal? Bigger than winning the ACC? Of course not. All we could do is brag that we did something Vandy could do this year. If we lose, is that a big deal this year? It would be to UGA. They need to have something to talk about this year. But we could still win the ACC. And in-state rival games are always up for grabs, no matter who the better team really is. Chan has definitely proven himself this year and will only continue to get better.
By marsha
November 1, 2006 06:57 AM | Link to this
To hell with the dogs. The coach kicked a good man off the team yesterday for no reason. Go John Miller
By tampajacket
November 1, 2006 07:23 AM | Link to this
Never was a Can Chan man, but I have not been a huge fan either. But, I have and always will be dressed in white and gold. Looks as though the stability has helped with recruiting and Chan is making strides. Keep beating the teams we are supposed to beat and the rest will fall in line. I will reserve judgement to the end of the season. Championships are great, but the athens Yale wannabes have a pretty pathetic fan base. To Hell With Georgia!
By Lew
November 1, 2006 07:26 AM | Link to this
After getting pasted by Clemson, who then got pasted by Virginia Tech— the Jackets just might have a tough time between the hedges. Georgia is off this year (injuries, graduation, QB shuffle, etc.) but they are still a dangerous team— as evidenced by the second half dominance over Florida.
By Dbow
November 1, 2006 07:26 AM | Link to this
Don’t forget that two of O’Leary’s wins over UGA were tainted and never would have happened if replay were instituted back then. But that’s not taking away from this Tech team - they have had a good season and if they lose to UGA, they still will have had a good season. Unless of course they manage to give one up to NC State too!!
By jaja
November 1, 2006 07:29 AM | Link to this
To keep things in perspective, Tech is 6-2 and crowing about what a great season they’re having. Georgia is 6-3 and about ready to jump off the bridge.
By 2D
November 1, 2006 07:30 AM | Link to this
Why is this even a debate? Beating UGA is nice. I love to see the ‘Necks shut up when the “Trade School” beats them in football. But… Tech plays in the ACC. The goal is to win the conference and get to the Orange Bowl.
Winning the conference brings the BCS bowl games and the NATIONAL prestige. Beating Georgia brings only a measure of respect between those of us who live in Atlanta. Outside of our bubble here in Atlanta, NOONE (or very few) cares about UGA. The AJC would make us think that Athens is the Mecca of college football. It isn’t. It isn’t close. It doesn’t even fall on the college football radar screen very far outside of our fair state.
Tell a college football fan across the country Tech beat UGA three or four years in a row and NOONE gives a rat’s a$$. Tell them Tech went to the BCS three or four years in a row and they look at you with respect.
By mike12
November 1, 2006 07:33 AM | Link to this
Marsha, ur an idiot. Miller violated team rules……again…..who knows what this time. CMR is a good coach and man with integrity and wouldnt wrong a player. If anything, he is a proponent of his players not just in words, but actions. Marsha, stay out of the football blogs and get back in the kitchen where u belong.
By Captain America
November 1, 2006 07:35 AM | Link to this
UGA wins Championships because it aspires to win championships. Tech wins nothing because it is obsessed with UGA, and everything UGA does. Example: Ross and O’Leary are beloved by tech nation for winning roughly 40% of their games against UGA. Not even a winning record. Sad indeed.
By TechFan
November 1, 2006 07:39 AM | Link to this
Taz Anderson needs to shut his pie hole!!
By Captain America
November 1, 2006 07:42 AM | Link to this
Dear 2D-
UGA ranks every year in the top 3-4 in merchandising sales. That is an indicator of national interest. Athens is a mecca of college football. Deal with it. Tech is a school full of foreigners located in the middle of a crime-infested dump so covered in smog you cant hardly see. Again, all i speak is factual evidence.
By Jim O
November 1, 2006 07:48 AM | Link to this
with the high recruiting classes uga always gets, especially compared to GT(lower academic requirements at uga is a major factor), it is surprising GT has won 8 times in the past 30 years. maybe our second rate recruiting classes and second rate coaches are actually smarter and better than uga’s!
the article in the journal on tech’s ‘great’ recruiting class this year, has them 6th in the ACC!
so obviouly the tech players have more desire, better teamwork and better coaching than most of the other acc and sec schools.
uga fans - go back and look at pre-season picks over the past ten years and see how uga fares at year end compared to GT. Yes, you have potential, but that is unrealized performance.
oh yes, for those of you who say calvin should have gone to uga and would have done better, what percent of ‘great’ high school players have gone to uga and gotten the type of attention calvin has received? when tech gets the cream of the crop (rarely), they always shine!
By mike12
November 1, 2006 07:50 AM | Link to this
“Tell a college football fan across the country Tech beat UGA three or four years in a row and NOONE gives a rat’s a$$. Tell them Tech went to the BCS three or four years in a row and they look at you with respect.”
2D, the difference tween UGA and TECH, is UGA expects to go to a BCS game each year and beat their in state rival…….where as at Tech, doing both is a fluke year predicated on weak competition in the ACC that year and playing UGAs 3rd string.
jaja put it best and bears repeating:
“To keep things in perspective, Tech is 6-2 and crowing about what a great season they’re having. Georgia is 6-3 and about ready to jump off the bridge.”
By BA
November 1, 2006 07:53 AM | Link to this
I can’t believe Bradley wasted print on talking about Tech. It’s obvious the ACC is having an off year when Tech has a chance to play for the Championship. UGA’s having an off year but they will be back stronger because of it. Next year Tech will stink once again and it will last for another another three or four years.
By scott
November 1, 2006 07:54 AM | Link to this
It is about time that you guys vie for the weakest conference this side of the pacific ocean title.
By the way, great job of getting CJ the ball in the clemson game. VERY SMart strategy there teckers.
The DAWGS might lose the next two games, but we will wear out GT between the hedges!!!!! out
By ba
November 1, 2006 07:57 AM | Link to this
Hey Jim O it’s actually 7 times in 30 years! You need to take away the win the NCAA gave you guys when you were caught cheating!!!!! Remember..you the 15 players that were academically ineligable?
By mike12
November 1, 2006 08:03 AM | Link to this
Jim O, UGA consistently ranks in the top 10 with number of players currently playing int the NFL. That’s a big indication of success of players and recruiting. And yeah, calvin has done well for GT, but with such potential to see it materialize with such unrealized performance. HA! Heck Calvin would have done better going anywhere besides GT….. I mean to go from Heisman preseason top 10 lists to off the radar tells u something about what he has had to work with at GT. And yeah, great talent is always gonna shine at GT, it’s like throwing a shiny nickel on top of a pile of crap!
By the facts
November 1, 2006 08:04 AM | Link to this
Uh, UGA fan, there are no vacated games. That decision was overturned. Just a few scholies cut, that’s all. You UGA guys should know all about penalty appeals, it’s been going on in Athens for decades.
By Terry
November 1, 2006 08:08 AM | Link to this
Let’s focus on NC State right now. We will worry about the Dawgs after Duke.
By What's important
November 1, 2006 08:08 AM | Link to this
The most important win of the season took place last Saturday. Now with two wins in the final three conference games GT will play for the ACC championship. The next important game after accomplishing that will be the ACC Championship game. Then the UGA game may just edge out the Orange Bowl game for importance.
GT should have defeated UGA the last two years, and they should win this years game in Athens. Truth is Gt has the better program right now and the way recruiting is going that should continue. Does not mean Gt will defeat UGA every time out, but the program is on the upswing while UGA is sliding down a bit.
By Tech/Dawgmom
November 1, 2006 08:11 AM | Link to this
Captain America, Well, we all know that DAWG fans buy the merchandise, evidenced by entire families, babies to grandpas, animals, and cars, etc., outfitted (to my gag point at least) in DAWG hats, jackets, sweaters, pants, shirts, shoes, hairbows, backpacks, purses, wallets, watches, jewelry, keychains, sunglasses, maybe contact lenses, and I would guess their underwear has either a ‘G’ logo or a bulldawg, too. FYI, most “foreigners” you see at Tech are Amercian born citizens. And I don’t think you’ve visited the Tech campus and surrounding community lately, nor seen the gentfification of this Midtown area. With money in the bank and not on their backs, clad in simple yellow t-shirts, Tech students and fans will SWARM, and watch the Jackets sting the Dawgs this year!!
By ncjacket
November 1, 2006 08:11 AM | Link to this
The correct answer is both, beat ugag and win the ACC. Anyone who chooses one or the other is selling Tech short just like Braine did last year.
If Taz Anderson is really the benefactor of Tech athletics that likes people to think he is, then he should feel free to let Dan Rad know what he thinks. But the fact that he seems to like telling the papers, and therefore anyone, what his feelings are (negative feelings only) proves this is more about him than any love he feels for Tech.
Taz, many of us are alumns, many of us have given money, but we don’t run to the paper whenever we’re mad and we don’t trash the coaches and players in print. Bottom line is no one cares whether you like the coach or not. Either be a fan and be happy when we do well, or shut up publicly and do your talking directly to the source.
By BeesBotherMe
November 1, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this
Gailey needs to worry about NC State first!
Why should GT have beaten UGA over the past two years? Can’t wait to hear that one…
By JustMe
November 1, 2006 08:15 AM | Link to this
The core of the issue?
Yes, ugag almost always has a superior recruiting class in football compared to Tech.
Yes, ugag has tons more fans - thus a larger stadium and better TV draw for their games.
No one ever questions or debates those 2 issues. However, ugag fans “hang their hat” on these 2 things while Tech fans do not consider number of fans or recruiting class rank to be that important.
Yes, Tech recruiting class are usually not ranked very high. But, Tech points to the fact that while the talent entering the school may be considered not as good, Tech does “perform miracles” to get the most out of the talent that it does recruit.
Yes, Tech has a smaller stadium and not as many fans. But really, who cares? That has nothing to do with the performance of the players on the field.
Yes, Tech has lost to ugag more often in football. But fans on both sides can dig up all kinds of numbers and stats to support their own side of that arguement.
Yes, Tech is a more difficult school academically (even though some ugag fans refuse to believe it). However, Tech should never use this as an excuse. It is reality and Tech should have learned to work with this over the years.
What really matters is today - this season - the next game - this years rankings - this years bowl game. Any one can say “wait till next year” but everyone knows that it is a cop out.
Get it ugag fans? Probably not.
By JP
November 1, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this
Everybody seems to think UGA is going to beat TECh but I don’t think so. Georgia is a mess right now. They are doing nothing right and Tech is playing a whole lot better than I expected. I have one question for the dawg fans. Who is going to guard #21 for tech? Yall just let Miss State go up and down the field on you. Dawg fans bow down to the nerds they are better than you are this year.
By dawg fan
November 1, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this
Tech fans spend all their time measuring their abilities against the Dawgs talents. Even their fight songs both refer to Georgia. It seems their is a history of bitterness here that Georgia certainly did not include in any of our fight songs. One of the tech songs refers to red and black as many times as it does gold and white. Strange, very strange. Tech will never beat Georgia as long as Reggie Ball is under center. He should be in a padded room not a dorm room. Duke will beat tech this year and then all you termites can just shut up. This past weeks tv ratings show twice as many viewers for the Georgia game as tech. You termites must face the truth that tech will always be second rate to Georgia.
By What's reality
November 1, 2006 08:19 AM | Link to this
Hey What’s Important, look at the recruiting ratings. While Tech is having a better than average year for them they still are way behind Georgia in recruiting according to any of the major recruiting services. Tech is winning their division in a watered down ACC. They got killed by the only team with a pulse they have faced in the ACC. They still haven’t won anything yet. Paint the picture as rosey as you want but the truth is Tech is still behind Georgia and it will always be that way.
By greg in clemson
November 1, 2006 08:23 AM | Link to this
TECH IS PRETTY GOOD.
SINCERELY,
CLEMSON FAN
By !!!please, get a grip!!!
November 1, 2006 08:26 AM | Link to this
To “What’s important”. What have you been smoking?
By techies
November 1, 2006 08:28 AM | Link to this
It’s gonna be so very funny when Tech loses to NC State this weekend and everybody jumps back off the bandwagon and wants Gailey fired again. I love all the fans down in the flats, one good year every five years doesn’t account for a quality football program. Get use to be mediocre at best because thats all Tech has ever been since 1990.
By godawg
November 1, 2006 08:35 AM | Link to this
The FANS OF CHAN stand firmly by the “beloved coach” and remain committed to our stated mission to have this “Guru of the Gridiron” annointed “Coach for Life” at the state’s flagship technical school by the Board of Regents. We understand that the jackets will always have that one unavoidable loss each year but with “Chan the Man” at the helm it should be smooth sailing on the millpond of the ACC.
By GTNE80
November 1, 2006 08:36 AM | Link to this
I have to agree with “BeesBotherMe” (as much as I hate to). Georgia Tech’s next game is Saturday in Raleigh against NC State. Anyone with thoughts of anything past that game is doing the program a grave disservice.
A loss to NC State on Saturday would put all of this talk of ACC Championship games and BCS Bowl games on hold. I still remember the cold, empty feeling in the pit of my stomach when I walked away from Grant Field last year after our loss to NC State. I don’t want to feel that feeling again.
The UGA game is nearly 4 weeks away and we have 3 important games between now and then. Let’s make sure we don’t lose focus.
If we take care of business between now and then, we can wake up on the morning of November 26 with a smile and begin to discuss who we will be playing in Jacksonville the next weekend.
Otherwise, let’s keep repeating….BEAT THE PACK, BEAT THE PACK, BEAT THE PACK, BEAT THE PACK, BEAT THE PACK, BEAT THE PACK…..
By NELSON
November 1, 2006 08:36 AM | Link to this
Obviously it is always nice to beat UGA and a win there this year should cost Richt his job. Remember GT is the reason Donnan lost his job there. All that being said for GT to be successful we have to recruit on a national basis therefore making it more important to win the ACC championship.
By dawg fan
November 1, 2006 08:37 AM | Link to this
Tech has a real problem with GEORGIAThey have a great hatred for the Dawgs and the lose to them all the time. What kind of college fight song refers to putting a battle axe in someone’s head?
Official fight song: Up With the White and Gold Just one big yell for White and Gold And then we’ll raise that banner bold, A battle flag that can’t be beat. For Georgia’s team it means defeat. We’ll fight like hell for victory, Pull me down the Red and Black you see. For Georgia Tech will win today; We are glad to say:
Oh, well, it’s up with the White and Gold, Down with the Red and Black, Georgia Tech is out for a victory. We’ll drop our battle-axe on Georgia’s head, When we meet her our team is sure to beat her. Down on the farm there will be no sound Till our bow-wows rip through the air; When the battle is over Georgia’s team will be found With the Yellow Jackets swarming ‘round!
By GTNE80
November 1, 2006 08:39 AM | Link to this
GEORGIA STINKS.
SINCERELY, VANDY FAN
By Jeff
November 1, 2006 08:41 AM | Link to this
WOW! Tech fans are great. I give them there due this year, even if the ACC is about as good as Conference USA this year. The hatred they have for UGA is comical. I work with some Tech grads who are so proud of themselves and can’t wait to whip the Dawgs this year. They haven’t had a whole lot to say the last 5 years tho. Being a UGA grad and a lifelong Georgian, it would be nice to be able to root for Tech, but there ridiculous fans had me rooting for a team I loathe last weekend. Enjoy your success this year. UGA will not be down for long
By dawg fan
November 1, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this
TECH STINKS ALWAYS WILL NUFF SAID
By doc
November 1, 2006 08:48 AM | Link to this
some of the grads need to look to their eras and how they performed before they shoot the arrows. the dodd years were great but except for a very narrow window dodd’s teams exihibited the mediocrity that many criticize the modern era tech football player who has to compete against a very different playing field than the teams before the sixties. the old era was not a stepping stone to the pros as there was no money in it whereas to stay and become one of the brothers assured a network of financial success.
bradley, this one could have waited until the end of the season or should have come when the stink was made last year only to have tech win unexpectedly in miami much to the chagrin of some tech supporters i am quite assured. let the young men play ball, they are students first and a comment by someone to suggest others need a shrink might say more to someone needing to look in the mirror and see the light of projection glaring back.
By Clemson D
November 1, 2006 08:48 AM | Link to this
Who is the Calvin Johnson you speak of? We heard so much about him but he never showed up. Maybe next year…
By Cpwood
November 1, 2006 08:56 AM | Link to this
Do not count your Techmites before they hatch. Tech has a 2 Quarter QB with All American WR when he is playing a High School team. So what if you are the chamnpions of a second rate division…No Championship for you in the near future. So bring your roadshow to Athens….Because the one thing we do (and do well) is beat GA Tech….Dawgs 34….GT…3
By Gordon
November 1, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this
I would rather beat Georgia than win the ACC, and it’s not even close. I don’t have to live around Boston College people. If we won even 40% of the games with Georgia I would take the ACC trophy, but the sad fact is that starting in 1964 when Dooley took over, our record against Georgia is 11-33. It’s true that many of those losses have been close (even the last two years when Georgia was clearly stronger the game was in doubt until the final minute), but we’ve only averaged one out of 4 the last 42 years. If it wasn’t for the Jasper Sanks bad call, we wouldn’t have beaten them on our home field since the 80’s.
I cringe every time I hear a Tech fan talk smack just because Georgia is having a down year. We haven’t beaten them. Vanderbilt can talk smack, we can’t.
I feel good about our team and the way things are heading in general, but no season is complete unless we beat Georgia. If Radakovich doesn’t understand that, he is out of touch with his customers. Any true Tech fan always has the Georgia game in the back of his mind no matter how the rest of the season goes. Georgia doesn’t think about us nearly as much as we think about them, just as Florida doesn’t concern themselves with Georgia very much these days. Only winning a few will change that.
By Eric
November 1, 2006 09:01 AM | Link to this
You are not “the man”. You’re a big p*** trying to convince yourself that you’re a man. War Eagle!
By Eric
November 1, 2006 09:04 AM | Link to this
You are not “the man”. You’re a big p*** trying to convince yourself that you’re a man. War Eagle!
By stan in clemson
November 1, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this
Hey tech fan
How do you like DEATH VALLEY?
Warmest regards,
Clemson fan that witnessed the woodshed beating
By Dante21
November 1, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this
Well Bradley, that didn’t take long. I’m sure next week you’ll have Gailey on the short list for about 10 different head-coaching jobs around the country.
By gt9589
November 1, 2006 09:13 AM | Link to this
THE MAN = THE WOOMAN
By REK
November 1, 2006 09:20 AM | Link to this
Who is chan gailey?
And, for the record, Tech forfieted all of its “wins” vs GA under O’Leary. :)
See you in three weeks!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 09:20 AM | Link to this
JEFF…GT fans never asked any bullmutt to pull for us, and we never will.
We hate you because you a bunch of obnoxious rednecks who embarrasses the good citizens of the state of Georgia. You can’t win or lose with any class, and we are going to beat the snoot out of you between the weeds this year. As far as the future goes…our recruiting class is just as good if not better than yours, and half of your recruits will be in prison when the season begins anyway.
By coach
November 1, 2006 09:25 AM | Link to this
Bradley, get a life. Tech begins to have success and you have to try to deflate the momemtum. Tech is ranked, UGA isn’t. Get over it. When we get to UGA, we will take care of business. First we have a Championship to win and a berth in a BCS bowl to wrap up.
By KA
November 1, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this
Stan in Clemson, Every good team can have a bad game…even Clemson. Hmmmm…let’s see, GT beat VT who beat Clemson…. Is Clemson likely, OR NOT, to go to Jacksonville for the ACC Championship game?
By The Man
November 1, 2006 09:30 AM | Link to this
ACC Championship > beating UGA
By tony
November 1, 2006 09:34 AM | Link to this
If it is no big deal to beat UGA then why is there a special clause in Gaileys contract that gives him a bonus for that. The annual loss to UGA is a good reminder to Tech that the are truly the 2nd class in the state regardless of the weak ACC champ the should win this year.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 09:37 AM | Link to this
stan in clemson…have fun watching us play BC in Jacksonville this year, moron!
Congratulations…you FINALLY beat us in something.
By TECH FAN 1
November 1, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this
WE CAN NEVER BEAT UGA!!!!…we will always be the Pepsi company to the Uga Coca-Cola giant! No matter how bad we want to be good… It is not the 1950’s any more and it never will be again. And we need to drop the “we are academically superior” thing too! We all know our non engineer (athletes) students take all their classes at Clark Atlanta under the reciprocal agreement! Reggie Ball does not take ONE SINGLE CLASS on the GT campus…and we all know it!
By ChampDawg
November 1, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this
I hope UGA wins. They have the talent to do it. I look for it to be a wild game. The game will not ge a win just because it’s in Athens. If we can lose to Vany at home, we can darn sure lose to GT too. Even with a loss to Auburn, wins against GT and UK would help salvage the season.
By stan
November 1, 2006 09:44 AM | Link to this
hey KA,
We still beat you techies like a borrowed mule. Hey your all-american reallly showed up as well.
regards,
clemson woodshed beatdown spectator
By Jimmy
November 1, 2006 09:47 AM | Link to this
As a realistic Tech fan, I would say winning the ACC is more important. Beating the mutts in Athens would be nice. Beating another power from the ACC for the title would be sweeter.
By Neutral Observer
November 1, 2006 09:51 AM | Link to this
HEY TECHIES….you may not be able to get to Athens…A Clemson running back is still flying up and down I-75 round and round your campus and it is causing traffic nightmares! LOOOOOOOOOOOSERS……
By tyrone
November 1, 2006 09:51 AM | Link to this
Marsha??? I know John Miller and his family and it just happens that his mothers name is Marsha. John screwed up AGAIN just like he did in high school.
By JS
November 1, 2006 09:55 AM | Link to this
Its hard to blame Gailey for not beating UGA the first 4 years. When Gailey got to Tech it was just the beginning of the Dawgs big run into the national spotlight, winning a couple of SEC Championships, a Sugar Bowl, etc. Everyone knows UGA gets better recruits because its an easier school for an athlete to go to. A PE degree at UGA is much easier than a Management degree at Tech, our easiest major.
Gailey should beat the Dawgs this year because the Jackets are the better team. The last two years the Dawgs have had much more talent on the field and still barely beat GT, thanks to a couple of mistakes by Reggie. I don’t think that will happen this year. Reggie Ball is not going to make the stupid mistakes he did in the past two games, Stafford will not know who hit him with all of the complex blitzing that GT does. UGA’s secondary is NOT GOOD. I know they don’t have anyone that can cover CJ (nobody does), but I don’t think they can cover JJ either. Look for a big win in Athens by the Jackets.
By Wrecker !
November 1, 2006 09:55 AM | Link to this
Jacket hope are you from another planet or what? Do you really think that TECH doesn’t beat Ugag b/c we call them silly names or b/c we chant/sing “To hell with Georgia.” If that were reality then every TECH/Ugag game would end in a tie b/c they do the same back at TECH. As a matter of fact every rivalry in the country would face the same fate b/c that’s just what rivals do. Both teams call each other names and chant off color comments about the other and none of it really amounts to a hill of beans. So maybe saying “to hell with whoever” isn’t a nice thing to say but it has absolutely nothing to do with the outcome of a football game. Hey ugalaw you say TECH only beat Ugag in its low times then how many games was Ugag winning from ‘98-2000. The paper reported the other day that thos could be the first Ugag team not to win 8 games since ‘96. Those 3 years Ugag won something like 25-27 games. I’ll match that with any 3 year period that Ugag has played since the 60’s other than 80-82 and 03-05.
By dsb
November 1, 2006 09:56 AM | Link to this
I hate UGA but I bet Reggie doesnt even know how to spell UGA “I plays foo ball”
By fortebuna
November 1, 2006 09:57 AM | Link to this
You can dress a pig in a Pierre Carden(sp) this pretty well sums up Gailey! Coach no, good man? We only know because he told us so. The sooner he’s gone the better for Tech!
By Anthony
November 1, 2006 10:00 AM | Link to this
To say that it’s not important to beat UGA is foolish. Not just because its UGa, but because Tech has a better team this year and you should beat all the teams on your schedule that are inferior to you. It is definitely not as important as winning the ACC championship, but it’s still important. Mostly, it’s important in the recruiting battles. UGA has a stronghold on the state’s best athletes, so it’s imperative that we show these kids that there’s a top notch program on North Avenue as well. Tech will win because there is no better coordinator in the world when it comes to harassing young QB’s than Tenuta. UGA’s receivers are scared, the QB is untested, and there is nobody in the secondary that can possibly come close to keeping Calvin Johnson at bay. Jackets win in a close one in Athens on their way to Jacksonville, which is just a rest stop on the way to Miami. Go Jackets.
By DCVolFan
November 1, 2006 10:02 AM | Link to this
I love it when the Dogs are running scared… It’s not their year.
GO JACKETS!!!!!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 10:04 AM | Link to this
Neutral Observer, I-85 takes you into Clemson, so it doesn’t surprise me one of you running backs is still running around on I-75. You to, enjoy watching us lossers play BC in the ACC Championship!!!!!!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 10:05 AM | Link to this
Is it possible that the Clemson fans are bigger rednecks and idiots than UGAy fans? I’m beginning to think so.
By CDC
November 1, 2006 10:08 AM | Link to this
Hey Tim.. you said Georgia’s not having a good year…A 3-loss season is a down year for Georgia, but not for Tech. —- but you haven’t finished the season yet … with Kentucky, Auburn and GT on your schedule, you’re looking at 6 losses, and 0 bowl game. “Gimme a break”… when was your last national champioship?
By gtgolfnut
November 1, 2006 10:09 AM | Link to this
I think Gailey is good man, but I’m not a fan of his coaching. How do you continue to start a QB who is sub-par at best. Please name another program that has started someone for four years who completes 50% and is just above break even on TD to INT. I’m tired of hearing how he makes better decisons now. He is not accurate, which is a must for a QB. And finally the offensive play calling sticks. We have talent at all skilled positions less QB and a solid O-line and we still struggle. I get sick watching the way we play. I know some will not like this but come on, we can do better than Chan Gailey.
By CDC
November 1, 2006 10:10 AM | Link to this
The ACC or beat UGA? The song says it all…
So then it’s up with the White and Gold Down with the Red and the Black Georgia Tech is out for a victory We’ll drop our battle axe on Georgia’s head, CHOP! When we meet her our team will surely beat her Down on old Georgia’s farm there’ll be no sound When our bow wows rip through the air When the battle is over Georgia’s team will be found With the Yellow Jackets swarming around.
It’s beat UGA… that matters most.
By JAKE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
November 1, 2006 10:19 AM | Link to this
JAMES DAVIS AND THAT CJ SPILLER RIPPED YOU TECHIES A NEW ONE A FEW WEEKS BACK. I AM A GAMECOCK FAN, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN A BEATING LIKE THAT IN DEATH VALLEY IN A LONG TIME.
WAY TO STEP UP IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT GT.
WOW!! THAT WAS WIN FOR THE AGES
YOU MIGHT WIN THE ACC, BUT CLEMSON PUNCHED YOU IN THE FACE OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
iT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME TO SEE THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA BULLDOGS ROLL U GUYS UP.
JAKE
By Terrorist at Tech
November 1, 2006 10:20 AM | Link to this
I am so happy that I can house my terrorist friends on North Ave here in Atlanta. I hope we beat GA this year. Maybe then I can get some after the game…by a woman this time.
By reality check
November 1, 2006 10:21 AM | Link to this
Unless both teams have course reversals Tech will be favored to beat Georgia this year. It should be a great game. Tenuta is absolutely the real deal turning out yet another great defense in spite of major preseason questions. Great Defense wins championships.
I have no idea who will win the game. Georgia’s biggest weakness by far has been turnovers. I was surprised how close the Florida game was in the face of 5 turnovers. Georgia’s wide receivers are the glaring weakness on the team. Clearly Eason needs to be replaced. But the defense is somewhat resurgent and Stafford continues to improve. I have given up on the idea Georgia’s receivers might actually start catching the ball, but if they can cut back on turnovers Georgia is still capable of beating all but a very few teams on a given day.
Tech has a realistic chance of winning every game left this year. Georgia will likely be the toughest.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 10:24 AM | Link to this
gtgolfnut…your an idiot! Go pull for the dawgs. If your sick of watching us play, than don’t!!!!!!!!!
Please name another program with the inside track to the ACC Championship game?
By #1 Techster
November 1, 2006 10:25 AM | Link to this
We havent beaten UGA legally since 1990 people! What makes you think this year will be any different, especially Between the Hedges? We have a cheat record in 98-00 when we played all of those ineligible players. It’s hard to be positive about this game. UGA has SHUT DOWN Calvin in the previous meetings and Reggie Ball has looked worse than Ryan Leaf in his Charger days. Maybe this time, Ball will be able to count to 4 in Athens.
By Brooks
November 1, 2006 10:25 AM | Link to this
I can’t believe Tech fans actually talk smack about winning national championships before the invention of the facemask. Tech has one good year with a couple of “good” wins and the “fans” come out of the woodwork. Everybody gets out their 80’s sweatshirts that are too tight and dust off their caps. I can’t figure out why Tech fans think they have the right to talk smack about handling the Dawgs. We all know that Tech had the game won last year before it started if you ask them. Tech couldn’t lose. But once again it happened. “CJ” will be gone this year and Tech will have to find a real offense. Their security blanket will have left. All Tech fans are banking on this year. Next year they start over. GO DAWGS!!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 10:27 AM | Link to this
JAKE IN SOUTH CAROLINA..they been punching you idiots in the face for how long now?
…that’s it, the whole state of SC is just a bunch of dumba$$ redneck idiots!
By GoDawgs
November 1, 2006 10:28 AM | Link to this
Go Dawgs, Tech sucks.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 10:30 AM | Link to this
“I AM A GAMECOCK FAN” has to make you the biggest loser on the plant!!!
how many bowl games have you won in the school history…one?
Yup, LOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSERR!!!!!!!!!!!
By #1 Techster
November 1, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this
IF WE DO END UP UPSETTING THE DAWGS THIS YR, AT LEAST WE’LL BE ABLE TO SAY…1 OUT OF 16 AINT BAD! IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE 1990.
By TechFanOnTheFlats
November 1, 2006 10:33 AM | Link to this
I am a recent Tech grad, and i say who cares about UGA? they arent even ranked! our team is focused right now on winning 2 out of 3 and getting to the ACC champ and then possibly a BCS bowl. gailey was given time and has shown he is a great coach and a great recruiter. the wins against uga will come as gailey builds his powerhouse. GO JACKETS!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this
BROOKS…, who said anything about a NC, jerk!
You’re the idiots who proclaim it every year, news flash! That’s not steak on your plant it’s crow, moron.
Thanks pot, but I know my kettle is black.
By Wrecker 1
November 1, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this
Neutral Observer your brain must be in neutral too. That running back you’re looking for was grounded in Blacksburg, that’s where you’ll find him. You know the same Blacksburg where G TECH pounded V Tech who blasted Clemmons. Go trade in a tractor so you can get a good TV to watch Georgia Tech play whoever represents your division not named Clemson.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 10:35 AM | Link to this
DAMNIT BRADLEY!!!!
I’m not going to get any work done now!
By WE OWN YOU
November 1, 2006 10:40 AM | Link to this
TECHIES FINALLY CAME OUT OF THE CLOSET THIS YEAR AFTER THE MORAL VICTORY OVER ND AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THE VA TECH (OVERRATED TEAM) WIN. TECHIES ONLY COME OUT WHEN THEIR TEAM IS HAVING A DECENT YEAR, OTHERWISE THEY STAY IN THE CLOSET…KEEPING THEIR TICKLE PILES TO THEMSELVES. THEY’LL BE BACK THERE AFTER THEIR ANNUAL BEATDOWN.
By #1 Techster
November 1, 2006 10:46 AM | Link to this
Hey Wrecker1, VT is OVERRATED and they just got lucky against Clemson with every break going their way. We got the same breaks against VT, just go back and look at the tape.
By JustMe
November 1, 2006 10:47 AM | Link to this
Techster -
Where, in your messed up world, do you really think that any one believes that you are a Tech fan? Who do you think you’re kidding?
What a loser you are!
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 10:48 AM | Link to this
After 5 years, Chan Gailey now has ‘his’ players in the program-Look at the direction GT is heading.
After 5 years, Mark Richt also has ‘his’ players in the program-Look at the direction uga is heading.
As I have said before: Chan Gailey will win GT’s FIFTH National Championship before uga wins their second
By Brooks
November 1, 2006 10:51 AM | Link to this
Ramble ON! I’m talking about the Tech fans who say “well we lose every year to Georgia, but at least we have 4 national titles”. 3 of them are before the facemask. You need to read and understand what other people post. What are they like 191?, 192?, and 193?. You sound a little frustrated. 10+ wins a season gets you thinking about a NC pretty serious. But I can’t really say anything Tech has been to a “bowl” game what 7 straight seasons. GO DAWGS.
By ACC
November 1, 2006 10:56 AM | Link to this
THE ACC IS THE WEAKEST IT’S BEEN IN A LONG TIME. FSU, UM, AND VT ARE AWFUL and WF and GT ARE ACTUALLY WINNING GAMES. GIVE ME A BREAK. IF THERE WAS EVER A YEAR FOR MEDIOCRE TECH TEAM TO WIN IT, THIS IS IT.
By jake
November 1, 2006 10:58 AM | Link to this
HEY Ramble ON DOWN THE DRAIN, you are the biggest loser on the PLANT. Ha Ha
You must have made an D in spelling Class.
GO YOU FREAKING HAIRY DAWGS!!!!!
TECH WILL FOREVER BE THE WHIPPING BOYS OF UGA
GOOD NIGHT NOW!!!! OUT!!!!
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 11:03 AM | Link to this
I’M A RAMBLIN WRECK FROM GA TECH AND A HELLUVA FREAKIN QUEER. A HELLUVA HELLUVA HELLUVA HELLUVA HELLUVA FREAKIN QUEER. JUST LIKE GEORGE O’LEARY, I TAKE IT UP THE REAR. I’M A RAMBLIN WRECK FROM GA TECH AND A HELLUVA FREAKIN QUEER!
By Chuck
November 1, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this
I am always interested in the responses to those articles which are designed to get out the “clones”. This subject is #1 on that list. Turning on my computer out West I am not going to work my way all the way down thru 160 comments in order to put in my two words. I did pick and choose, however and I must admit that the most descriptive was that of the individual who describes himself as “GoDawgs” whose astute comment was “Go Dawgs, Tech sucks”. Reminds me of the time I attended a Tech v Ga. game in the early 60’s at Athens and stayed at a Fraternity house. The only book I saw was leveling a bed. I can see that little has changed.
By tech fan
November 1, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this
Here’s what I know about UGA fans. They say that the Tech game matters less than the Florida or Auburn games. They lie. Goff and Donnan could beat those two teams, but when they lost to Tech, they lost their jobs. They have a former player in their hall of fame whose only accomplishment was that he scored the winning TD against Tech back in the Bobby Dodd era. The Tech-Ga game matters to them, and it matters a lot. That’s why so many of them post on this site and other Tech sites. They are obsessed with GT. Gailey has almost won me over this year. I still cringe at what Ball does, but I will bleed old gold and whilte for the rest of my life. Go jackets.
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this
GT’s last National Championship: 1990 ugs’s ONLY National Championship: 1980
I don’t think you bulldog fans need to be talking about how long ago GT’s national titles took place-seeing as you have not had one since Jimmy Carter was president…
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 11:16 AM | Link to this
Planet, plate…what ever, forgive me for not spell checking.
“The man”, aka, “greg”, is now “jake”, who are you going to be next week when Ky, beats you down?
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 11:23 AM | Link to this
the mutts think they own us because they need some kind of deflection for being UF little Bi$cH.
By CowetaDawg
November 1, 2006 11:36 AM | Link to this
When Georgia beats GT yet again this year, on GT’s up year and Georgia’s down year, then perhaps the BCS folks will wake up and give due to the undeniable fact that the SEC is far and away the toughest football conference in the land. And, consequently, the ACC is not.
By mike
November 1, 2006 11:38 AM | Link to this
Some tech mag named jolly good fellow suggested not risking injury to the starters against the pups. Yeah you do that. Ill take frosh Stafford over anybody you got , including Ball. You guys are having a great year but have you forgotten all the snaps between the punters legs, and stepping out of the back of your OWN endzone. How bout the losing of games you should win?? Relish and win first your division. How many division titles have you had in the past ten years?. Pardon my dawg gone ignorance but your squad and Gailey have been fairly pathetic until this year. The game has luster this year. Ga is reevaluating its goals and could be fired up since this could be bigger than the bowl game. Dont beat your wings off until you beat the Dawgs. I personally think Ga has a great chance of winning-even this year.
By JAKE
November 1, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this
RAMBLE ON,
WE HAVE OWNED YOU PAST 5 YEARS, BROTHER!!!
IT IS ALWAYS 51 TO 7 IN ATHENS.
REMEMBER THAT KICK IN THE TEETH!!!
By Tony
November 1, 2006 11:42 AM | Link to this
Who cares about the ratings ?? Dawg fans sat home and watched in missery already knowing there fate. Tech fans went out and supported there team… Moore is an idiot, the current BCS system is straight TRASH!!
By JAKE
November 1, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this
51-7
By Ted
November 1, 2006 11:49 AM | Link to this
GT’s only chance of beating UGA is when UGA is having a down year - any team with Reggie Ball as QB will choke against GA. Dogs by 14!
By 6:09 God
November 1, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this
IT IS ALWAYS 6:09 IN ATHENS
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this
“greg”, I mean “the man”, I mean JAKE…24-22, I’m still laughing about that one.
Only to be out done by this weeks beat down up in KY.
the freshman Stafford won’t matter at all, since you receivers can’t catch the football. GT’s DB’s have better hands than your receivers!
Enjoy that 51-7 while you can. The leg humpers will be on the receiving end this year.
By mike
November 1, 2006 12:17 PM | Link to this
techies—dont flap your wings or your mouth off until you win the weakend a.c.c. You guys are singing like you are National champs. Before you say you wont Gailey for life try winning consistently for a few years. YOU WILL GET EGG ALL OVER YOUR FACE with a freshman QB next year and yes Calvins gone. Watch Ga as they will treat the game as their bowl and spank you once again . Please stop crowing-Your not that great either. OUT
By **6:09 Laugher**
November 1, 2006 12:29 PM | Link to this
6:09 LOSERS cant stand it can you? go back to drooling on your slide rules…LOSERS
By Patrick
November 1, 2006 12:30 PM | Link to this
If UGA fans are don’t care about the TECH game why do they get so upset when you mention Tech beating UGA. Way to lose to Vandy.
By Mark Bradley
November 1, 2006 12:44 PM | Link to this
Someone asked why I didn’t make a pick in the Tech-Georgia game. I already have, twice — once over the summer and again last month. But here, for the record, it is again: Tech will win in Athens.
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 12:45 PM | Link to this
Shut up Patrick. Dont pull for other teams like Vandy when we cant beat UGA (havent since 1990). Mention Tech beating UGA? What closet have you been in for the last 16 years? It’s time to come out of the closet Patrick.
By jake
November 1, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
Ramble on,
Catch a clue, dude.
GOOD NIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By spud
November 1, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
DAWGS WIN BY 13 georgia has a week off
By baerdawg
November 1, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this
The funny thing about tech’s obsession with The University of Georgia is that they are considered maybe the fourth or fifth biggest rival on the Dawg’s schedule. Florida, Auburn, Tennesee, then take your pick from tech and S. Carolina. If tech could win more often then maybe they could move up.
By Duston
November 1, 2006 12:51 PM | Link to this
Hey, Bugs, you will not get a victory in Athens this year or any year as long as Richt is the coach. GO DAWGS!!!!!
By george
November 1, 2006 01:00 PM | Link to this
Tech might finally have a shot at a BCS Bowl…the Dawgs were doing that for several years while Tech was either home of playing in a no name bowl. The Dawgs season is far from over…there are still some rather good possibilities. Let me remind you trade school folks of one fact…SINCE 1964 (that’s 42 years if you need help counting) the Dawgs are 31-11 against the insects from the institute. This year will be number 32.
By Hoof Hearted
November 1, 2006 01:10 PM | Link to this
All of you Tech fans who claim that you don’t care about the UGA game as long as you win the ACC Championship aren’t even fooling yourselves. If you’re a real fan, every game is the ultimate game, especially one against your biggest rival. That’s how I feel as a Georgia fan. Every game is our biggest game. Stupid what-ifs are just that—stupid. There is no magic fairy who will grant you the ACC title in exchange for another UGA loss. If there was, I might be willing to trade a loss to Vandy every now and then for a win over Florida, but that’s just stupid.
Anyway, unless Reggie starts throwing the ball in Calvin’s direction more than once or twice a game, UGA wins again. Why won’t he throw it to Calvin, by the way? Is it the gameplan or him?
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this
Man, it’s been a long time since we won in 1990. The DAWGS have been blasting us for 16 years straight. My God, Reagan was President then!
By Matt
November 1, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this
I think you gnats are rightfully excited about the success of your team in comparison to the down year of the Georgia Bulldogs. But I think your excitement proves your overpowering fear that this year is a fluke. And if you cannot take advantage this year, then when?
You see, you gnats have your panties in a twist because this is the only year in many that have come, and many to come, where you have a chance to win. And if you don’t, then, it’s all lost.
Furthermore, I believe you will make an appearance in the ACC Championship Game… but a win is unlikely. Just replay the Clemson game.
By d
November 1, 2006 02:01 PM | Link to this
Georgia will beat Tech this year like always
By GTVegas
November 1, 2006 02:02 PM | Link to this
As far as I am concerned, the next game is the biggest game, always. Take that approach and things will take care of themselves. O’Leary liked to say that Fall was a series of 12 one game seasons, I like that attitude and approach.
Sure, if you want to look ahead and think about the UGA and ACC Championships, I say “I want to win both”. It’s assinine to try and pick which one is more important, every game is important.
I like to win the UGA game just because my wife went to UGA and my in-laws like to kid me about that game (thankfully, just on game day). They can’t talk too much though as they went to SMU and Tulane, ha ha.
As for what this game means to UGA fans vs. Tech fans, it means more to UGA fans than they would like to admit as evidenced by their overwhelmingly heavy presence on Tech Blogs. If it did not mean that much to them, they wouldn’t bother posting here. In their hearts, they believe that they should win this game every year and, therefore, it is not a big deal. Guess what, this year looks to be different, but you can’t really say until they actually play the game. The last two were not exactly blow-outs.
To Tech fans, this game is big just because of the harassment that they get from UGA fans (can’t really call them alums) throughout the year, the same fans that say this game doesn’t mean anything to them. This game was more meaningful in the past for other reasons.
As for Chan, I did not support him last year, but the one decision that made me rethink my position was handing over the play calling to Nix. I also like the recruiting class that is coming in. And to the person that liked to point out that our recruiting class in a good year does not hold a candle to UGA’s year after year, those blue-chips of yours do not appear to be earning their keep.
To those UGA fans that have moved on to next year already, Stafford will become better each year, but you still need an offensive line because, frankly, the only way to describe them currently is “offensive”. As a reminder, as of now, you only have three Offensive Linemen on scholarship. Unless Richt finds an answer to this, I would not want to be in Stafford’s shoes next year.
Anyway, I don’t make predictions, because if I did, Las Vegas would not be a good place for me to live if I really believed in them. I leave that to the players on the field to settle.
The FOCUS need to be on NC STATE, period.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 02:05 PM | Link to this
1980 MY GREAT GRANDDADDY (I’M AN INBREAD WHO REPRODUCES AS SOON AS PUBERITY COMES) TOLD ME HOW GREAT IT WAS TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, I’M JUST TO STUPID TO KNOW WHO THE PRESIDENT WAS
DID HERSCHEL EVER LOSE TO VANDERBILT?
By GREG
November 1, 2006 02:11 PM | Link to this
HA RAMBLE ON IN YOUR PANTS AND FIND YOUR SMALL LOGS!!!!!!1985…ALL AMERICAN BOWL,1986..NO BOWL,1987..NO BOWL,1988..NO BOWL,1989..NO BOWL,1990..CITRUS BOWL,1991-1996..NO BOWL,1997..CARQUEST BOWL,1998..GATOR BOWL,1999..GATOR BOWL,2000..PEACH BOWL,2001..SEATLE BOWL,2002..SILICON VALLEY BOWL,2003..HUMANITARIAN BOWL,2004..CHAMPS BOWL,2005..EMERALD BOWL!!!!!LOL!!!!!!!IT GETS WAY WORSE IF I GO BACK FURTHER!!!!
By BOBOMAN
November 1, 2006 02:13 PM | Link to this
TECH WILL LOOSE AN IMBARASING LOSS
By GREG
November 1, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this
ONE MORE THING RAMBLE ON IN YOUR PANTS AND FIND YOUR SMALL LOG…TECH HASN’T WON A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN OVER 60 YEARS!!!!!!HOW OLD WERE YOU THEN???LOL!!!!!!!!KEEP IT COMING !!!!!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this
Matt isn’t tracking recruiting, otherwise he would realize how dumb his point is.
By dawg fan
November 1, 2006 02:21 PM | Link to this
The last time Tech won a National Championship they were playing with a rugby ball instead of a modern football. The 1990 National Championship went to Colorado!
Tech Still Stinks
By GTBALTFAN
November 1, 2006 02:22 PM | Link to this
I, too am warming to the idea that Gailey may be ok. In his first 4 years, Tech would have lost the Maryland and Miami games. That they came from behind in both games tells me something.
As for beating UGA, it does matter. I was a senior at Tech in ‘69, Tech went 4-6 but beat a ranked Ga team 6-0. It was fantastic.And for all of you GA fans like Baerdawg who blow off the Tech rivalry as just another game, if that’s true, then why are so many of you wasting your time commenting on this blog.
As for why Ga more often than not beats Tech — the answer is obvious. You need have a modicum of intelligence to even get into Tech and there are no easy academic programs. Thus, you have to be pretty damn smart to remain eligible. On the other hand, UGA will admit and retain any dumbass who can hit 700 on his sixth time taking the SAT’s so long as he can bench 350 lbs, regardless of IQ.
This year, it will be the smart guys 27, dimbulbs 13 — and it won’t be as close as that score sounds. We’ll take ‘em when we can get ‘em.
GO JACKETS, BEAT GEORGIA, WIN THE ACC AND THE OB. 12-2 sounds like a pretty good year.
By dawg fan
November 1, 2006 02:30 PM | Link to this
You termites are so stupid. This board is exactly the same crap you were posting before Clemson embarrassed you on National TV. When will you learn how to win? I guess it will take a while since you don’t do that very often. You have NC State and Duke who are both capable of beating you and all you can talk trash about is Georgia. What morons!
By John
November 1, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this
Tech Fans,
Really let’s be honest. I would much rather play for and win the ACC Title, than the state Title. I am an ‘03 Tech Grad. Give me the Orange Bowl over the Gator, Chick-fil-s, or some other bowl. Save it up for Dec. 2nd. It shouldn’t be a contest. Give me an AU-GT Orange Bowl, that is the SEC win you want.
Next year, who cares, focus on NC St. and this year.
See you in Miami
By Dawg Fan
November 1, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this
If anyone on this board thinks that Tech has higher academic standards than Georgia for athletics your nuts. Case in point, Reggie Ball. He can’t put 2 sentences together and you wonder why he never talks to the media. I think he’s retarded.
By McDonoughDawg
November 1, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this
Being a UGA fan, I won’t be voting in the poll, but let me say this, as a UGA fan, to me, winning the SEC is more important than winning any ONE game.
By P
November 1, 2006 02:40 PM | Link to this
It looks like your poll belies the context of the blog: more Tech fans would rather win the ACC championship.
I think they realize that is the ticket to a big time bowl- that’s the way to make a Dawg jealous.
By GREG
November 1, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this
HA JOHN,GOOD POINT….TECH IS 3-12 IN STATE TITLE GAMES LAST 15…AND TECH HAS NOT WON A COFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP BUT 1 TIME IN OVER 60 YEARS!!!!!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this
I see “jake” is back to “greg” who is “the man”. 3 losers all in 1.
By Drew
November 1, 2006 02:57 PM | Link to this
The curent UGA team is really, really bad on O, D and special teams. Just look at their statistical rankings, bottom 3rd in everything, awful. They beat Colorado by 1 who came in on a 7 game losing streak, Ole Miss and MSU were very close. Even Vandy dominated them. UF played really poorly last week, but that game was never in doubt. So here is Techs chance. Jacksonville is where we want to be. Tech vs. UGA will be a good game, as it always is.
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this
We cant count the 98-00 games since we were playing ineligible players.
By Drew
November 1, 2006 03:05 PM | Link to this
Hey Greg, Why dont you post Georgias Bowl record?? start with the Sugar Bowl last year. I recall you guys were a fixture at the Music City Bowl in the 1990’s. Then compare the two teams overall bowl winning percentage……. Isn’t Herschel dead by now???? Nobody cares about what Herschel did 25 years ago!! By the way UGA had 13 ineligible players on the 1980 team… Go Jackets!!!!!!!
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 03:05 PM | Link to this
You’re wrong Greg. We are actually 0-12 when you take away our 3 wins in 98-00 due to playing ineligible players
By Tech Terrorist
November 1, 2006 03:27 PM | Link to this
Prove that UGA had 13 ineligible players in 80.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 03:30 PM | Link to this
Ramblin Gamblin did Vanderbilt play any ineligible players this year?
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 03:33 PM | Link to this
Ramblin Gamblin did Vanderbilt play any ineligible players this year?
By JDW
November 1, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this
Drew it does not matter what measure you use Tech still brings up the rear. Tech’s all time record is 378 wins versus 267 losses. The DAWGS are 430 and 211. Tech last played in a “Major” Bowl in 1966 (a loss to Florida) and has never played in a BCS Bowl. Tech has a bowl record of 22 and 12 (most of the wins coming in the 40’s and 50’s) Georgia’s is 22 wins 16 losses and 3 ties. Notice Georgia has been to 41 bowls versus 34 for Tech. I can keep going but this is getting to be as redundant as squashing the Bunglebees every November.
By Hoof Hearted
November 1, 2006 03:53 PM | Link to this
Why do you Tech fans keep saying that this is “Tech Blog”? I thought this was Mark Bradley’s Blog, not the Tech Blog. Oh wait…, never mind.
By GREG
November 1, 2006 03:57 PM | Link to this
1 CONFERNCE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 65 YEARS!!!!!NICE!!!DREW THAT WAS WEAK BUDDY!!!!YALL WILL ALWAYS BE A FIXTURE PLAYING ON THE BLUE FEILD!!!!SORRY BUDDY!!!
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 03:57 PM | Link to this
JDW, when was the last time GT lost to Vanderbilt?
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 04:05 PM | Link to this
Who cares? What’s your point?
I’m just saying that we wouldnt count any wins over UGA if they were busted for playing ineligible players. That’s why I’ve been saying that we havent beaten them since 1990.
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 04:09 PM | Link to this
Ramble On STHU
Why do you have to bring up other teams that beat UGA, because WE CANT BEAT THEM? Dont worry about the Vandys, Floridas, or Auburns. WORRY ABOUT US NOT BEATING THEM SINCE 1990!
By Hoof Hearted
November 1, 2006 04:15 PM | Link to this
Ramble, When was the last time Tech played Vandy? It was 03, and the mighty jackets really stomped poor old Vandy in OT. What’s the point when Tech doesn’t play Vandy every year like UGA does? Furthermore, if it makes you feel better that you didn’t lose to Vandy, great, but you still get beat by the Dogs.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 04:16 PM | Link to this
JDW, the last time GT lost their homecoming was 11 years ago (save you some research), how long ago was UGAy’s?
By EJB
November 1, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
Win the ACC. The reason both Tech and UGA fans no longer think of this game as the game of the year is that for several years running UGA was playing for SEC conference championship. This year it’s Tech’s turn in the ACC. As long as either or both teams have a shot at conference championhsip(s) the game’s importnace will be diminished.
By JDW
November 1, 2006 04:23 PM | Link to this
Well Ramble even a Nerd should know it’s difficult to lose to a team that you rarely play. However Tech has fallen to such powerhouses as NC State in 2005, Duke in 2003, and Wake Forest in 2002 & 1999. There is no doubt in my mind that should Tech play Vanderbilt regularly they would find themselves on the short end of stick far more often than once every 10 years.
By EJB
November 1, 2006 04:29 PM | Link to this
Chan is building something good at Tech: quality wins ove VT, Miami, Maryland and VA this year and a great recruiting class coming in. Plus he’s likley to finish out his career at the flats. The 3 other coaches (Curry, Ross, O’leary)that were off to similar starts, had no loyality and left as soon as something better came along.
By JDW
November 1, 2006 04:30 PM | Link to this
Since you Nerds seem to like stats so much today here is one for you. The DAWGS have won 10 or more games in 4 of the last 4 years. The Bunglebees have won 10 or more games in 4 of the last 54 years.
By Dawg Fan
November 1, 2006 04:31 PM | Link to this
d be surprised if the termites even had a homecoming. When students go to a school and prefer to say they “got out” rather than graduate I really doubt anyone would come back for a football game. Let’s see in the last 15 years tech has reduced their stadium size to improve attendance percentages, had a coach that lied on his resume that they never caught, had players who were not eligible to play over a 3 years period, had a convicted drug dealer playing cornerback, got to wonder who’s minding the store over there, sure does not sound like a program on the rise.
By Ramblin Gamblin
November 1, 2006 04:37 PM | Link to this
Ramble On you are an embarrassment. Quit acting as if Tech gets a moral victory everytime someone else beats UGA. That is so Gamecock. You need to focus on why Tech hasnt beaten UGA since 1990! What have you been watching for the last 16 years???
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 04:37 PM | Link to this
JDW…you’re leg humpers couldn’t beat NC ST or WF this year and using Vandy as the measuring stick, it’s a toss up with Duke.
how was homecoming by the way?
By Mr Tech Terrorist
November 1, 2006 04:43 PM | Link to this
My butt hole hurts when I think of 51-7. I might be a jacket but my boyfriend loves it DAWGIE STYLE
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 04:50 PM | Link to this
I don’t get any moral victory out of Vanderbilt coming into your back yard a putting the beat down on you stupid fleabags, just a bunch of laughs.
Why are you typing in bold…are you blind?
If you’re deaf, then you could be the pin ball wizard, because you got the dumb part down.
By Mr Tech Terrorist
November 1, 2006 04:53 PM | Link to this
I need to get laid…by a woman this time
By LOLNATS
November 1, 2006 05:00 PM | Link to this
Vandy would be a top 3 team in the ACC this year.
By Fact Checker
November 1, 2006 05:18 PM | Link to this
Georgia has more SEC Championships than GT has ACC and SEC championships (12-6)
Georgia has 2 legitimate CONSENSUS MNC’s to Tech’s 1. If we want to use “GT math” and count non-consensus MNC’s UGA has 5 to Tech’s 4. This 4 to 1 MNC claim Tech makes is laughable.
Georgia leads the series by just shy of 20 games
Georgia has been to more bowl games, won more bowl games, has more wins, and a better winning percentage than Tech
Tech hasn’t “officially” beaten UGA since 1990.
UGA has more Heisman winners
UGA has more All-Americans
UGA has more current players in the PRO’s and more in total all-time.
And UGA has been the better team the last 5 years.
Tech is better than UGA this year, and should beat Georgia. I’m a Georgia fan and grad and I can admit that. Please keep this on the up and up, avoid childish name calling. I try to support Georgia Tech because I’m a proud citizen of this state. But some of you Jacket fans make it difficult.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 05:27 PM | Link to this
Ramblin Gamblin…is that moron BILL KING!
…to easy, nice try though.
By Casual Observer
November 1, 2006 05:42 PM | Link to this
Good grief, You all need to get a job or some junk, or maybe a life. Buzz, woof woof!!You forgot some other stats like Detroit hasn’t been to a world series in several decades, Bob Barker’s retiring and PI=3.1416.In the overall scheme of things who beats who doesn’t make a rat’s a* difference. Just enjoy the game and may the better team win.
By Ramble ON!
November 1, 2006 05:50 PM | Link to this
FACT CHECKER “But some of you Jacket fans make it difficult”…have you not read what your fellow fleabags write!!!GEEESH
By HARDCORE-TECH FAN
November 1, 2006 06:12 PM | Link to this
POINT BLANK….. This season means nothing unless we do both! Whats the point of doing one with out the other when we will get trashed talked on which everone we didnt do. We need to BLOW THE MESS out of UGA and win in the Orange Bowl….. and beat W. Virgina in the Bowl game unlike our redneck friends from Athens!!!!! And the reasonUGA is ready to jump off a bridge over there 6-3 record is because they loss to GARBAGE Vandy, and almost loss to UMass, Misissippi State, & Colorodo (most of them at home)!
And to be REAL about it, to be in the SEC yall have the WEAKEST schedule on earth! Yet, have caught scares from 3 garbage schols and lost Vandy for your homecoming! enough said! I’ll be in Athens on Nov. 24 for the raping of the “Dawgs”
By Ted Montgomery
November 1, 2006 06:54 PM | Link to this
Mark your support still depends on GT beating UGA not mine. Your no different than your coworker mike. If tech wins and has a great season its not enough. You guys still keep pounding.
Georgia Fans, Im not on you about the loss to Flordia after all it was expected, Im not going to be on you about the Loss to Auburn it will be expected, but you better hope you dont lose to Kentucky of Tech after all those are the games that Mark and you guys expect to win right ?
By Pops
November 1, 2006 07:05 PM | Link to this
I am a UGA fan and I am most thankful that UGA and Tech have honorable men coaching. I would rather have some losses on the field than be known as some - with Miami coming most readily to mind.
By Need some help
November 1, 2006 07:35 PM | Link to this
I don’t understand. All of these DAWGNATION fans say GT did not win a national championship in 1990. Help me out here….then why when I walk into the Athletic Association building do I see the 1990 National Championship Trophy??? Another question….why are all you DAWGNATION fans so bitter about GT winning the 1990 National Championship???
By TanDawg
November 1, 2006 07:56 PM | Link to this
Hey Gojckts1, I you aren’t taqlking about bowls. Let’s see UGA’s past four bowls (Sugar, Outback, Capital One and Sugar) and GTs last four bowls (Emerald, Champs Sports, Humanitarian and Silicon Valley). Hmmm. UGA’s record over past four yrs (10-3, 10-2, 11-3 and 13-1) and GTs (7-5, 7-5, 7-6 and 7-6). I would worry about NC State beating you again before thinking about the annual butt-whipping from the DAWGS. See you in Athens
By Bulldog
November 1, 2006 07:56 PM | Link to this
Tech has only concerned itself with beating UGA. It’s really all that matters to guys like Taz who is a part of a minority of people who actually buy Tech season tickets to either show off their old letter jackets or hope to watch the bees beat UGA. His attitude is similar to the pres. of the Seminole Booster Club who called for Bowdens head last week. It’s quite pitiful, to say nothing of the “To Hell with Georgia” on their scoreboard after we play them at Grant Field…I’m embarassed for all the God Fearing Tech fans. I like Coach Gailey and really think he is a good coach. Tech could have easily won the last two years against us, but had a tough time finding an alternative at QB, and the turnovers allowed us to win. Tech actually has a better scheme than us, and could win this year if we turn it over like we did against every other team that played us close or won. Gailey, or Jim Grobe is my Coach of the Year. Taz is everything I hate about college football and some UGA fans.
By TanDawg
November 1, 2006 08:00 PM | Link to this
**Oh yeah. (Lyrics go to the GT fight song) Oh I’m glad that I’m from Georgia and not from Georgia Tech, I’m glad that I’m a Bulldog and not a Ramblin Wreck, ‘Cause Georgia’s so much better as anyone can tell, Oh I’m glad that I’m from Georgia and Tech can go to Hell.
Just remember that everytime your Georgia State band plays that song. It’s a shame that you will lose half your band and Cheerleaders when Kennesaw State gets their football team and they transfer.**
By Real Talk
November 1, 2006 08:40 PM | Link to this
Why are all the Tech-UGA arguments so baseless. First of all, this blog is a waste. Done nothing but to stir up Tech-UGA fans. There’s no way most Tech fans in their right mind would choose winning the Georgia game over winning the ACC Championship and the Orange Bowl no matter how much they hate UGA. Even check the poll, which I’m sure more than just Tech fans voted in. Georgia Tech did win the an official national championship in 1990. To argue that point makes you look like an idiot that doesnt know anything about college football. It has a history of having 2 polls with 2 recognized national championships, even today with the BCS era (i.e. Southern Cal, LSU in recent yrs). The Tech-UGA game should be a good one, but I’d have to go with Tech and think it’d be an underachievement for them if they didn’t beat UGA this yr.
By Bulldog
November 1, 2006 09:19 PM | Link to this
RealTalk, yes, Tech would like to win all that, but make no mistake (Homer Rice made it clear in an AJC article when they hired Gailey), Tech needs to play competitive football, schedule non conference teams they can beat, and above all else, Beat Georgia. I ain’t making that up. It’s quite pitiful. But if Richt loses to Tech the next 3 years and we fire him because of it, we ain’t any better. UGA has only had one Coach who had a problem with Tech and the border states to boot…Jim Donnan. He got fired, and I’m not so sure he would have been fired had he not lost to Tech. I’m for both sets of fans getting a reality check.
By Louis Vales
November 1, 2006 11:09 PM | Link to this
Tech should try moving this game to Jacksonville on a permanent basis. We know Georgia NEVER wins there. I have no vested interest in this game but will be rooting for the team whose players have IQ’s in triple digits—Go Tech!!
By Louis Vales
November 1, 2006 11:44 PM | Link to this
Saw the listing of what school has more of what—-Only thing to care about is what school’s alumni has more of the other school’s alumni working for them in subordinate positions? What else matters? Unless you are living vicariously through the exploits of some Georgia players who couldn’t find way out of a phone booth unless you supplied them with an Atlas and a compass. By the way, I apologize to all the Tech grads for the shameful manner in which Florida beat Georgia. This Georgia team gave up 51 to Tenn, lost to Vandy, beat Colorado by a point and squeaked by the Two Mississippis and YET Florida had to struggle to beat a Mark Richt team. It was disgraceful and abhorrent. Counting on you to show us how it should be done. Make it so bad that Old Man Munson is babbling—of course how can you tell??
By jake
November 1, 2006 11:55 PM | Link to this
Hey ramble on,
nice bleacher stadium @ boddy dudd. it looks like my high school stadium. it is ok to be jealous of the dawgs. tech is the worst team on the PLANT. go back to third grade and learn how to spell.
All of your takes are as educated as gomer pile in mayberry.
For the second time today: Catch a FREAKING clue—-tech will always be UGA’s punching bag forever.
the domination continues on NOv. 25th—-please come to athens and watch
out
By Ramble on!
November 2, 2006 12:25 AM | Link to this
hey jake, I don’t need to go back to school. I pay more in taxes, than you dream of making.
I’ll be at the mutt nation come Nov 25., and I’ll be taking some of that hedge home with me, BARNEY!
…how was your homecoming?