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By honest_abe

November 21, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

well written there jeff…… i can’t for quite understand why it’s ONLY two either! 10 sounds about right.

GOOOOOOOO DAWGS!

By Me

November 21, 2006 10:19 AM | Link to this

Jeff:

Re #2, Dave O’Brien (yesterday’s blog) says that Glavine won’t return if he doesn’t get the no-trade clause. It will be interesting to see if Schuerholz bends on this like he did on re-signing Wickman.

Great point on #1. The Dawgs should be bigger favorites, though that would likely make them overconfident, so it’s a good thing for Dawg fans.

By Al Davis

November 21, 2006 10:33 AM | Link to this

The same people who think everything is just fine at UGA also think that the Falcons problems are everybody’s fault except Vick. Keep living in denial losers. GT by double digits.

By Roswell Ed

November 21, 2006 11:00 AM | Link to this

Speaking of the Sound of Silence

That was my reaction when I heard that JD Drew had signed a 48 mil contract with the Red Sux.

Shock and Awe is my response to giving that ungrateful bum that much money.

Baseball can’t fugure out why it’s out of touch with mainstream culture? I’ll give you 48 million ideas why!!

He has 50 home runs over the last 3 years!! What a WAD!!

I hope baseball enjoys being viable in exactly 3 US cities because that’s the way it’s headed!!

By Jon

November 21, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

Jeff, I am surprised you still have a job. You’re a glorified blogger.

THWG!

By justanotherguy

November 21, 2006 11:59 AM | Link to this

We’ll see if the Jackets are for real Saturday.

Given the past history and the fact the game is in Athens, I agree with the -2.

In my mind, the Jackets really have beaten only one “real” team convincingly - VT, and has struggled in a lot of other games.

I wonder how healthy Ball really is. If he’s 100%, and plays decently, the Jackets win by 10.

By Rod

November 21, 2006 12:37 PM | Link to this

Jeff, I’m glad to see that you’re finally admiting to your heroin use. I knew there was something screwing up your brain.

By jackets fan

November 21, 2006 12:52 PM | Link to this

justanotherguy,

Why is it you point out that GT has only beaten one “real” team, but completely ignore how poorly UGA has played? GT lost to only two teams, Clemson and ND, both were ranked higher than GT at the time. ND is currently ranked 5th in the BCS. Clemson is no longer ranked, but are at least even, if not better than UGA. But UGA lost to KY and Vanderbilt, struggled to beat Colorado and Ole Miss. You can try to spin it however you like, but UGA isn’t very good and Saturday will bear that out. Who cares what the line is? Some fool in Las Vegas pulls a number out of his a s s and UGA fans forget the last 10 weeks of the season.

By jackets fan

November 21, 2006 01:03 PM | Link to this

Check that, Clemson is now ranked 24th.

By Stan

November 21, 2006 01:42 PM | Link to this

Dawgs favored by 2???? I guess all of those future chicken farmers and home depot managers at UGA should feel good about that.

By DawgCrashingTechAlumni

November 21, 2006 02:13 PM | Link to this

Everytime I think about GTU, I think about this dawg crashing a Tech Alumni gathering:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWno2-NOg

By ugafansareidiots

November 21, 2006 02:42 PM | Link to this

University doesn’t appear anywhere in our school name you idiot. Go back to feeding my turkey for this week.

By marshall

November 21, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this

As long as Reggie is the qb, the dawgs should be o.k. He has never been able to handle the pressure of this rivalry.

By DawgCrashingTechAlumni

November 21, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this

Hey ugafansareidiots,

Tell me you didn’t think the Dawg Crashing the Tech Alumni Gathering wasn’t hilarious? Ooof, that makes me laugh….

And you calling me an idiot….kind of reminds me of the storm trooper in the video! Huh. Feed your own turkey.

By dogcheer

November 21, 2006 03:03 PM | Link to this

UGA is short for UGLY Cheerleaders

Woof, woof!!

By Richard

November 21, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this

Why is there natural grass at Sanford Stadium?

So the cheerleaders can graze!

By Sam

November 21, 2006 03:05 PM | Link to this

What do you call a pretty girl at Georgia?

A visitor!

By Dave

November 21, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this

What book did the blonde cheerleader at Georgia read?

Ha - it was a trick question: a blonde cheerleader at Georgia actually knowing how to read! HAHAHA

By Bob

November 21, 2006 03:09 PM | Link to this

How much would you pay to have sex with a Georgia cheerleader?

No need to pay - those sluts give it away for free!

By Benjamin's Daddy

November 21, 2006 03:14 PM | Link to this

Hey Sam, Dave, Bob, Richard:

Check it out, your daily diary from GTU:

http://georgiabulldogfootball.blogspot.com/

By Hey Dogcheer

November 21, 2006 03:21 PM | Link to this

Show me another GTU female that looks like this:

http://www.uga.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=1&mid=83688155&sid=878&tid=83688155&style=2&Override=1

By BirdDawg

November 21, 2006 03:34 PM | Link to this

Wow… Bugs joking about girls… like they’ve ever seen girls without facial hair on their campus.

So like when they talk about any forms of social interection stretching from having a converation without a keyboard and mouse to having sex without a keyboard and mouse… Bugs just don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.

That’s why I hire guys from DeVry. They’re not anti-social, Klingon-speaking, shut-ins who argue about the size of their lightsabers with other dorks.

By matt

November 21, 2006 03:38 PM | Link to this

Don’t compare the brutal murder of two people to comments made at a comedy club. That’s like comparing rape to your bad articles.

By Doc Hill

November 21, 2006 04:01 PM | Link to this

Kudos to you Jeff for being honest and open. You are the best sports writer that AJC has…

By BirdDawg

November 21, 2006 04:12 PM | Link to this

Here are some slogans that the faculty over at the North Avenue Trade School / GTU / Bug Central are using to lure recruits to play football and basketball.

“The NATS School of Business: Helping 99.9% of GTU athletes get into Tech.”

“Georgia Tech: Where Ossama sends his best and his brightest to learn about nuclear energy, high explosives, and undercover surveilance of places like Washington DC and Atlanta!!!”

“GTU: Where you’ll have no problem finding time for studying or practicing because there isn’t one good looking girl on campus to distract you!”

“NATS: We made our stadium smaller to make sure less visiting fans can get in to boo you!”

“Bug Football: Our Athletics Director Guarantees Not Being Able to Win 10 Games Or Remain Competative Every Year!”

“GTU: Go to Georgia to see the World. Come to Tech to see the Galaxy! Exotic Locals! Vulcan! Klingon! Hoth!”

“Tech: Go where No Nerd Has Gone Before! The inside of a girl’s bedroom! (girl not included)”

What do y’all think? I think them are sure some good slogans! I only wish we UGA rednecks were smart like them bugs from GTU!

By Matt Lehr

November 21, 2006 04:21 PM | Link to this

You’re a dead man.

By Alex

November 21, 2006 04:30 PM | Link to this

I personally like this joke that I read on another GT-UGA blog last week:

Why do UGA students eat their own s@#%?

Because they’re trying to get their brains back in their heads.

I can see why oddsmakers probably favor UGA by 1 or two points… . Gailey/Nix still haven’t realized they should just call for a hail mary to #21 every single play.

But UGA gets those odds just because they’re playing at home and actually beat an overrated Auburn team.

On Saturday they will be facing a GT offense that features the big play ability of Calvin Johnson, Tashard Choice as a very solid, very underrated tailback, James Johnson as a great compliment/alternative to CJ, and as long as Ball’s ok, he’s also a great running threat whenever anything breaks down. Not even the defensive mastermind Willie Martinez (haha) will be able to stop that kind of balanced offense.

And John Tenuta’s blitz packages + freshman QB = sacks, fumbles, interceptions, and more sacks. Matthew Stafford is gonna be seeing Hall and Wheeler in his sleep for the rest of the year.

If Lumpkin has a good day and the doggies’ wide receivers stock up on crazy glue for their hands, then the game might come down to the last possession. If not, Tech wins by 17.

THWG

By GTNE80

November 21, 2006 04:38 PM | Link to this

Re: Point 1 - C’mon Jeffe’, you’re more intelligent than that. (I know, you’re just trying to provoke us bloggers into responding.)

The Vegas line is set by people who are experts in determining where the betting money will go. Their only objective is to set a line that will evenly distribute the bets on both sides. If they achieve that objective, the casino takes a cool 10% of the total with no chance at losing. There is a loose correlation to the talent of the participating teams since the people that do the betting are usually pretty familiar with the sport. However, just because the Vegas experts set the line at a number does not necessarily mean that they think that will actually be the final point spread. It just means that they think that spread will be attractive enough to bettors on BOTH sides to evenly distribute the money.

Since most engineers are too analytical to do something as frivolous as betting, the line for a UGA-GT game can be heavily swayed by the knowledge that the members of the Athens Mouth-Breathing Club are more likely to bet on their puppies and won’t mind giving up a couple of points because of their blind (idiotic) faith.

I know that is too complicated for most of the doggie fans that are reading this, but I think you can understand it Mr. Shultz.

By GTNE80

November 21, 2006 04:44 PM | Link to this

Alex,

Not just Hall and Wheeler, but Anoai and Robertson. Joe A. put one on Duke’s QB that he’s probably STILL feeling.

You wouldn’t want to wake up on Sunday morning feeling like Matt Stafford.

By Ron Mexico's Amigo

November 21, 2006 04:45 PM | Link to this

The Falcons were 4-2 with Lehr in lineup, and 1-3 with him out of the lineup.

THAT should settle any argument about who this team’s MVP REALLY is.

By Ryder

November 21, 2006 04:50 PM | Link to this

BirdDawg, that was GOLD! Thanks for making me spit Mountain Dew all over my keyboard lol!

By RBalls = 3 Int's Saturday

November 21, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this

Still Funny:

Everytime I think about GTU, I think about this dawg crashing a Tech Alumni gathering:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWno2-NOg

By Bob from Acworth

November 21, 2006 06:04 PM | Link to this

Since when did The Georgia Institute of Technology become Georgia Tech University? I don’t think those clowns calling Tech GTU went to the University of Georgia.They are Dumb A—es and would not have the S.A.T.OR A.C.T. scores to get into either Tech OR Georgia! In fact,I don’t think they have the scores to get into ANY institute of higher learning ANYWHERE in the State of Georgia! McDonald’s employees,anyone?

By Reggie

November 21, 2006 07:33 PM | Link to this

Jeffy is about as humorous a writer as Michael Richards is as a stand up comic. Dogs roll though, the Nerds begin a three game losing streak this Saturday. Maybe four, who do they open against next season?

By RBalls = 3 Int's Saturday

November 21, 2006 07:37 PM | Link to this

Bob from Acworth:

Who goes to live in Acworth anyhow? I mean by their own will?

I am a UGA grad; damn proud of it. I’ve also got my Masters from Fuqua. I was born and raised in upstate NY. When I moved to the south in HS, and begun searching for University, the locals informed me I had to make a choice. I visited GTU, did not see one, not 1, attractive female on campus (NOT ONE). I liked the school, but had this feeling that I wanted my college life to be like I imagined college life to be. I then visited Athens, and found the female population to be outstanding. The Business school was great (and getting better), especially for Int’l business. I landed my first job through a contact at UGA. I spent 3 years in Paris with IBM.

Lets not talk about SAT’s or ACT scores Bob from Acworth. Come up with something better. The dumb UGA sterotype just ain’t working anymore….Bob from Acworth….:) Acworth, and you call us d*******!

By Fat Fuzzy Gay Guy

November 21, 2006 08:27 PM | Link to this

Bob From Acworth - actually, you nailed the one single “university” these folks could attend: McDonald’s “Hamburger U.”.

By Bob from Acworth

November 21, 2006 10:35 PM | Link to this

Hey! Rballs=3intSaturday.(red balls?)Are you bragging or complaining? Don’t think I’d let other bloggers know I had red balls! Sounds like a medical condition to me. You might want to get that checked out!In the words of the Late Lewis Grizzard,”I don’t believe I’d have told that! YOU went to the University? Really? Who did you pay off to get in? You said you came down from Upstate New York(WHY?)and checked out both campuses. And because you went to the University and got a masters degree in Dumass from Fuqua,I’m supposed to be IMPRESSED? Not hardly,pal.And like a lot of people with Dumass disease,you hear what you want to and you obviousely failed to COMPREHEND WHAT YOU READ! I was directing my comments to SOME of the idiot UGA FAN bloggers!I said I did not think they attended the University. The comments were NOT directed at the people who actually ATTEND(ED)that fine University.Georgia has some of the best and most LOYAL fans in the Nation! And I’m one of them! IF GTU is supposed to be dissing Georgia Tech,Red Balls and others,you failed miserably! As to your question about who lives in Acworth? Approximately 38,000 people smarter than you!

By phipps

November 22, 2006 07:12 AM | Link to this

Yes. We find out about Ga. Tech on Sat. We already know about Georgia-see Vandy, Kentucky, or has all Ga. fans forgotten? Memory not too good? Your team really should win Jeff. After all, its been one of the top 5 recruiting schools in the country for, how many years now? 5, 6 years. Your coaches either coach down, or ours coach up, because your players are faster, bigger and more atheletic. BUT less intelligent also. Maybe that explains it!!!!!!!

By Jerry L

November 22, 2006 08:30 AM | Link to this

Calvin Johnson is a great college reciever, but he is not as super as the Ga secondary is going to make him look Sat. 3 or 4 td passes.

By GTNE80

November 22, 2006 12:52 PM | Link to this

RBalls - If you chose your college based on being a p#$$y hound, you should have gone to Ole Miss or Southern Cal/UCLA.

Truthfully, being a Tech grad, I’ve never had a problem with actual UGA alumni. I’ll willingly take all of the crap that an actual UGA student of grad wants to dish out. For the most part, they are educated and intelligent enough to where the smack talk is done in a lighthearted and civil manner. Besides, if they’ve spent their money and time and gotten a degree from the place, I figure they’ve earned the right to be proud of any of the University’s accomplishments (sports or otherwise).

What is usually most irksome to Tech alumni is that the state’s knuckle-dragging population (and they are LEGION) not only identifies with UGA, but they are the foul, vulgar, loudmouths that talk the worst smack. They are the ones that follow you out of the football stadium hurling insults through their cheap whiskey breath. They are the ones that flip you off as they pass you in their rusted pickups when you are in your car with your kids, just because you have a GT license plate on your bumper or sticker on your rear window.