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QBs give Dogs the edge
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
For some reason, Georgia and Georgia Tech have been viewed as separate colonies of divergent species. I don’t know why. They’re really pretty much the same.
Both play in major conferences. Both go to bowl games. Both give their coaches tangible incentives to win their annual rivalry game: If the Yellow Jackets win, assistants are given a $5,000 bonus. If the Bulldogs win, Willie Martinez is given an opportunity to make it out of the parking lot.
OK, so there is one difference: Expectation. Both want to win. But one school has come to view it as an ambitious project, like installing ceiling fans in Hades. The other sees it as a therapeutic jog on the beach to forget about whatever might’ve gone wrong that year. Like: “I feel better now. But are we ever going to beat Florida?”
Georgia wins today. Why? Because for as much as Tech likely has the better team (9-2 vs. 7-4), certainly has the only BCS hopes (Orange Bowl) and claims the game’s only real star (Calvin Johnson), there are too many flaws to assume logic — a sixth straight Georgia win — will get flipped upside down.
Tech believes this is the year. That’s based at least partly on the fact that Georgia already has lost four games. But then, the last time the Bulldogs lost four games was in Mark Richt’s first season in 2001. That year, Georgia won at Tech 31-17.
Richt is 5-0 in this game. Chan Gailey is 0-4. Neither is an aberration.
In Gailey’s four losses, the Jackets have averaged 11 points. Tech fans say: Yeah, but Patrick Nix is calling the offensive plays now. OK. But look at the quarterback he’s calling the plays for.
This is game 12 of year 4 for Reggie Ball, and he’s the same thing he always has been: an emotional, competitive and erratic quarterback who drives through a season like a Wiffle Ball through a wind storm.
Which way will Reggie go? I dunno. Go kick a fire ant hill and guess which way the ants go.
This is game 12 of year 1 for Matthew Stafford. After throwing eight interceptions in his previous three starts, Stafford was 14-for-20 with a touchdown and no interceptions in a stunning 37-15 upset at Auburn. Is this the time to bet on a backslide?
One start, one win does not make a trend. But if you had a choice right now, would you take Ball or what’s behind door No. 2?
Ball is 0-3 against Georgia. In those games, he has a 47.6 completion percentage. Folks, that’s the good news. The other totals: one touchdown, three interceptions, two fumbles, six sacks, one concussion and a throwaway on fourth down because he thought it was third down.
In Tech’s biggest win of the season at Virginia Tech, Ball threw interceptions on back-to-back throws from his own side of the field that could have cost the Jackets the game. At Clemson, with a chance to show a prime-time TV audience how far this program has come, Tech was steamrolled and Ball failed to complete even one pass to Johnson.
Two weeks ago at North Carolina, with the backdrop of clinching a berth in the ACC title game, Ball threw for 78 yards and the Jackets managed just seven points against a Tar Heels team that already had fired its coach and allowed 79 points to Furman and South Florida, thought to be a scientific impossibility.
The issue is not whether Johnson can shred the Bulldogs’ secondary — he can. The issue is what happens after Ball takes the snap.
Georgia is not a great team. It’s somewhere between the team that lost to Vanderbilt and Kentucky and the one that beat Auburn. But rivalry games often come down to a quarterback either making a play to win it or not making a play that might lose it.
Reggie Ball is 0-3. Matthew Stafford is 0-0. But right now I think I’ll take that unknown and the Auburn game as signs pointing to an edge at quarterback and another Georgia win.
And when it’s over, the Dogs can once again wonder what went wrong in the Florida game.
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By Ga_Tech_92
November 24, 2006 07:30 PM | Link to this
Go Jackets, shock the world!
By Jeff Schultz
November 24, 2006 07:40 PM | Link to this
Did I mention that I like men?
By a lanier
November 24, 2006 08:08 PM | Link to this
Dawgs will rule once again!
By Baiju
November 24, 2006 08:12 PM | Link to this
Hunker down DAWGS!!!
GO DAWGS!!!
By Georgia's New Holiday
November 24, 2006 08:43 PM | Link to this
UGA playing Tech annually isn’t a rivalry, it’s more of a holiday. We do it every year. It’s like playing your little brother in backyard football. You beat the crap out of him. Sure, sometimes he gets lucky and scores on you but you come back and pound him again. He hates you BECAUSE you beat him. You, could care less because you actually have competition worthy of a rivalry. In fact, dictionary.com defines rivalry using the word, “competition.”
Sure, Tech could beat UGA. Though I seriously doubt it. Anyway, would this make it a rivalry? No. We’ll come back next year and see Tech back to 7-5 and Georgia back to being Georgia.
Oh yeah, don’t even play the “we’re smarter than you are” card. Most UGA grads I know make more than the Techies. GT jobs are going overseas!!
By scottdawg
November 24, 2006 08:46 PM | Link to this
Tech cheerleaders are so ugly when they mash their faces in dough you get monster cookies….GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!
By GT Champ
November 24, 2006 08:54 PM | Link to this
Schultz, you forgot to mention that Stafford has 12 INT’s and 5TD’s in his freshman year, while Ball had twice as many TD’s and one less INT in his freshman season. With your logic, GT will now have a 4 year winning streak?
I’m looking forward to it! Go Jackets!
By blah blah
November 24, 2006 08:57 PM | Link to this
While Reggie may not be the most consistent quarterback, Stafford has been consistently bad except for the last game. BTW - Reggie beat Auburn too (twice!!!)
By Not Disappointed!!
November 24, 2006 09:02 PM | Link to this
Shock the state and Vegas! Go Jackets!
By Buck Cochran in the NW
November 24, 2006 09:05 PM | Link to this
Jeff, you nailed it! People think only of the Ky. game. In that game he marched Ga. downfield to score a TD and take the lead. “D” gave up long TD drive and Stafford threw an int. trying to bring the team back again. You could see the talent way back in the SC. game. Dawgs on the SC. 6 yd. line, in Columbia, 2nd. game ever fo Ga. and he reads the “D”, calls an audible and scores. So, yes the AU game was the culmination of a year of learning. Same call, Stafford 2 TDs. passes, Dawgs by 15.
By 1ugadawg
November 24, 2006 09:16 PM | Link to this
Smart, 6’3”, 230lbs, rocket arm, slightly mobile, with brains( He can count to 4), I will take Stafford. Lumpkin is really the key though. Hunker Down Dawgs
By 51-7
November 24, 2006 09:29 PM | Link to this
It’s a good thing Athens is only an hour drive from Tech campus, because we all know most Tech students are on the No Fly List.
By Tech Sux
November 24, 2006 09:30 PM | Link to this
monster cookies…LMAO!
By Twin Dawg
November 24, 2006 09:40 PM | Link to this
This game scares me more than any other against tech over the last 6 years. However, that being said, we’re used to winning it and Tech is used to losing. How sweet will it be to shove down Tech’s throat in a year when they are supposed to win! Even if Tech does win, so what? They usually win one every 5 or 6. I’ll take those numbers and our edge in the rivalry! If you win Techies, enjoy it, b/c it doesn’t happen often for you! We’ll be back next year in our usual form, and Tech will be back to rebuilding to beat the DAWGS in another 5 or 6 years!!! GOOO DAWGS!!! SIC’EM!!! WOOF,WOOF, WOOF!!!
By Gordon
November 24, 2006 09:47 PM | Link to this
“Georgia’s New Holiday”, I can’t disagree with anything you wrote even though I am a Tech fan. With our record against UGA, we don’t deserve to be taken seriously. But I have a question for you and other UGA fans: Why do you say the UGA-Florida rivalry is more important to you when you have won half as many games against them (2) since the 1980’s as we have against you (4)? If you have no rivalry against us, you certainly don’t against them. Are you willing to admit you are their “little brother”?
By ugapip
November 24, 2006 09:49 PM | Link to this
Georgia by 2 touchdowns. Calvin is the real deal though. I wished he wore the red and black! Go Dawgs!
By Lane4411
November 24, 2006 09:53 PM | Link to this
Pick your poison!!!
Prediction, georgia will win if the receivers, catch the ball. Prior to AU receivers, could not catch a cold or anything else for that matter. Stafford throws int’s when pressing, with a high % coming after drops or other miscues. Against, AU was throwing the ball where only the reciver could make the play-will he keep that up? Lumpkin does NOT/or will NOT block, also fumbles. Great Runner!!
Miss fires will determine the end result. Have a tendency to repeat myself.
Give me 15 minutes will change my mind!!!
By Georgia's New Holiday
November 24, 2006 10:07 PM | Link to this
Gordon, although my fellow UGA alums may hate me for saying this, but yes, UGA/UF isn’t much of a rivalry. Dawg fans are nervous as hell going to Jacksonville because of the last 15 years or so. Looking at it objectively, UGA/UF hasn’t been much of a rivalry. Although we have a considerable winning advantage against them throughout our history, the last 2 decades, for the most part, has been in favor of the Gators. By the way, hopefully this shows that there are some objective Dawg fans.
By WirelessBuzz
November 24, 2006 10:10 PM | Link to this
You are basing a lot on what Reggie Ball did last year or the year before or the year before. If you do not realize that Reggie is a much improved QB this year, you just have not been paying attention. I admit, I do not have a strong feel for how this one will go either way. We can win and we should win - but that does not mean we will. What I do know is that we will play next week and if we advance to the Orange Bowl, I would not think twice about UGA while celebrating that win.
By Gordon
November 24, 2006 10:27 PM | Link to this
Yes it does GNH, and I appreciate your honesty. And I’m glad to know that the Dawgs know exactly how we feel. It’s especially frustrating since many years the game is so close in both these series. Last year Tech could have easily beaten Georgia and this year Georgia could have easily beaten Florida. It’s just hard to beat a team that’s in your head.
By Tracy
November 24, 2006 11:19 PM | Link to this
Jeff you are wrong. UGA doesn’t have the better QB. Reggie isn’t the same as last year and was much better in his freshman year than Stafford could ever dream of being. Stafford may improve in the following years but he is not far enough along to beat a better Tech team. He will fumble or throw interceptions right into Tech’s hands. Go Jackets! Beat the mutts!
By Swilling
November 24, 2006 11:38 PM | Link to this
Well Georgia’s New Holiday,
So Tech has only beaten UGA 4 times in the last 16 tries and that does not count as a rivalry because there’s “no competition.” Well I guess then the Georgia Bulldogs don’t have any rivalries at all seeing as how you’ve only beaten UT 5 of the last 16 and Florida 2 of the last 16……no competition.
Have a nice Saturday watching Tech inject a little “competition” into the Bulldogs.
By kennyh
November 24, 2006 11:40 PM | Link to this
i am a tech fan but i wonder how reggie will lose this game this time..saw josh nesbitt tonight..he lost but he is the real deal..the future is bright..beat us while you can dawgs!!
By Jon
November 24, 2006 11:51 PM | Link to this
Hey Mutts,
Your “little brother” has FOUR National Championships.
Can you count that high?
By Reality
November 25, 2006 12:39 AM | Link to this
Hey Jon, surely you meant 3 1/2 national championships. Perhaps even fewer than that…I’m not sure those pre-WWII tech ‘championships’ were unanimous.
By Dawg Food
November 25, 2006 12:52 AM | Link to this
Hey Dawg fans…….you lost to Vandy for homecoming! Give it up….You suck! Jackets roll! Oh….I almost forgot…how many points is a field goal worth? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 Pathetic!!
By John Heisman
November 25, 2006 01:28 AM | Link to this
None of Tech’s quote national championships are recognized by anybody but the Chinese, Sumatran, and Iranian student body population over there at the ugliest college on the flatulent flats of downtown Atlanta.
By Thomas
November 25, 2006 03:22 AM | Link to this
Try 1 win in the past 16 years. NCAA vactated Tech’s seasons for 1998, 1999, and 2000 becasue of all their cheating. Hey, I guess they were just trying to keep up with the student body. Geez, you’d think the freaking geniuses over there would have figured out that if 50% of the class gets the exact same answers wrong that maybe somebody would figure that the statistics indicate cheating. I mean, its supposed to be a frigging engineering school.
By raleigh dawg
November 25, 2006 06:00 AM | Link to this
Reggie Ball is better or the ACC competition is worse?
Ball is a choke artist always has been. He will find a way to lose again today. He’s Georgia’s best player. Look forward to seeing how he plays in the fourth quarter.
By phipps
November 25, 2006 06:24 AM | Link to this
Go Dawgs. Great Comment. Its the same article the Gators write about your bulldogs EVERY YEAR. You should not copy theirs. Just for the RECORD: Ga. Tech has beaten your Bulldawgs more times the last 15 years than you guys have beaten FLORIDA. You really should shut your mouths until you can really clain to be the sec champs.!!!!!!!!!!!
By famous_bt8
November 25, 2006 07:41 AM | Link to this
Hey Phipps - We are the SEC Champs. Two times in four years. When we beat you today, can we claim to be the ACC champs too? Well, actually, you can keep that title, providing you beat Wake Forrest(lol). I am sure ABC is going to love that one. In Reggie we Trust.
By Jeff Schultz
November 25, 2006 08:25 AM | Link to this
OK, Matt Stafford beat Auburn during the six or seventh game of his freshman year. Well Reggie Ball did the exact same thing - in the first game of his freshman year. Think about that. I am not saying that Raggie is Peyton Manning, but he isn’t as terrible as you AHs in the media make him look.
To the Dog that was just making fun of Tech’s campus - you are a moron. Have you ever been on our campus during the fall? Have you ever sat in the West Stands and viewed the skyline? I can tell you, its way better than your concrete bowl in your cow town. The only thing keeping me from vomiting knowing I am about to get in the car to drive to Athens is the knowledge we are going to win.
Not to mention - Georgia Tech girls are prettier too. You can print that.
By mike
November 25, 2006 08:31 AM | Link to this
TECH = TERRORIST
By Jeff Shchultz
November 25, 2006 08:31 AM | Link to this
“Try 1 win in the past 16 years. NCAA vactated Tech’s seasons for 1998, 1999, and 2000 becasue of all their cheating. “
That’s just flat not true. Get your facts straight.
By Hedgeprunner
November 25, 2006 08:34 AM | Link to this
Every post is pointing to the QB play, lets look at the takeaway stat Tech by far is superior and will make the little hydraint humpers squeal like the little bottom SEC dwellers they are. Tech 42 uga 10
Calvin will have his day , 9 catches 170 yards , 3 TD,s !!!!!!
By Dave in Tampa
November 25, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this
I love it! The Nerds have to talk about Florida beating the Dawgs because they can’t. You want to talk about pathetic. You Nerds are the most clueless football fans in the world.
I can’t wait to see what you have to say tomorrow after another loss. Yes, we lost to Vandy and UK, but how bad will that make your team when they get rolled. It’s a good thing you did not have to play Vandy or UK this year.
At saying that, good luck in the ACC CG. Do the state proud.
By KneeJerk
November 25, 2006 08:47 AM | Link to this
Thomas, get your facts straight. Those victories were reinstated.
By Ball Sucks?? Suck on this Ball!
November 25, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this
Schultz you are literally crazy. I am so glad Reggie Ball is going b/c I am tired of the ridicule he gets. Sure he isn’t a Brady Quinn. But we are not trying to reach the Nat’l Championship game…..we are going to beat Georgia. You know that over-hyped under-performing team from that small A-town in Ga. Reggie has much better numbers than Staffford, Swofford, whatever his name is. I love that you picked UGA, along with Tony Barnhardt! I hope we go in and thrash the mutts b/c even when your home team is having a great season, an Auburn gift turns this into a UGA blowout. I’m gonna be mighty happy when Ball reads this and crushes that Ga Defense. The other thing is that Swofford has to play against Georgia Tech’s defense. And that, along with the fact he is a Freshman, makes him the worse quarterback in my opinion. You guys are hilarious about thinking the SEC is all-mighty to the place where others just wilt in their presence. Ga tech beat UGA on the field last year but not the scoreboard. This year, we’ll take both…….along with some branches from those stupid bushes. Are those there so UGA-6 has somewhere to pee during the games??
Also, Why don’t you guys mention Richt in the running for the Miami gig? Its in his contract that he is allowed to interview with the Hurricanes, but you keep mentioning the old tired story of “Maybe Spurrier will take it!” You guys are just scared of Steve and want him out of the SEC. Ga and Fla wishes he’d just go away.
You and Tony can go choke on this Tech loss and then hold your breath to see if Richt pursues ‘his’ dream job.
By mtraininjax
November 25, 2006 09:32 AM | Link to this
Jeff,
Whoa, you forgot to mention the other 40 games UGAg has won in the past, and how the ghosts of all those games will rescue a QB who is 0-0 in this game. Georgia has a shot to win, control the ball and clock and keep Tech’s offense off the field. But if you look at Ball’s first year when he was 0-0, he did not bring the “A” game, and as much as Stafford walks on water, the odds are against him too today.
Go Jackets!
By godawg
November 25, 2006 09:35 AM | Link to this
Tech football is a joke. Not a very good one at that. Sure you win the occasional game but look at the trend ya’ll are like 8-30 against the Dawgs in recent history. This year may be your best chance in a while to get a win. Better try to take advantage ‘cause then it’s back to being UGA’s b!tch. WOOF!
PS: Miami can not afford Mark Richt. He’s not going anywhere so stop dreaming.
By Stephen
November 25, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this
Jeff, you’re like what my Grandmother used to say “So full of crap like a Christmas Turkey”…Did Matt ever go into Miami Stadium and lead his team to a win over “The U”..uh how about going into Auburn and thumpin the Tigers (two years ago)or what about going into Blacksburg-VA Tech and kickin the crap out of the HOKIES this season. You can’t even say MAtt lead the Dawgs over the Auburn Tigers 2 weeks ago, that had more to do with Brandon Cox giving the game away (4 int’s and 1 for pick6). Please stop being biased just because Reggie Ball doesn’t fit your mold of thinking of what a Winning QB should look like! (I hear Mike Vick has got the same problem) With the next 3 wins Reggie Ball will become the winningest Quarterback in GA Tech’s history. Experience alone gives the edge to REGGIE BALL….GO Take A LAXATIVE!!!!
By Oddsmaker
November 25, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this
**Georgia would win if they were good enough. They’re just not. They’re gonna get killed.”
By GT JACKETS
November 25, 2006 11:03 AM | Link to this
SEC=POWER CONFERENCE=NO NATIONAL BCS CHAMPIONSHIPS As far as NC’s go TECH has 4….For the ignorant people here are the facts…The UPI poll in 1990 was the coaches poll…still exists today under a different name…In 1990 you did not have overtime, ties were still recorded. The CO-NATIONAL CHAMPION COLORADO had 5 downs to beat mizzo, a loss to UT and a phantom block in the back call against Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl on a punt return for a TD in the 4th quarter…Tech tied UNC in Chapel Hill when Bobby Ross was going for the win two different times before kicking a field goal for the tie late in the game. Under the rules of today TECH would have kicked the field goal the first time then another the second time and a third the last time to win by 6 and be undefeated….So as far as the best conference goes Auburn goes undefeated in the SEC and doesn’t sniff the NC. What SEC team is going to play for the NC this year? Good Conference just overated. After today the WEAK ACC will have played 3 games head to head against the Superior SEC and what will the record be…BTW UGA fans how many teams did your team play against the elite of the SEC…Arkansas and LSU were not on your schedule were they? Every 5 or 6 years you will take those odds…already giving your silly excuses like every UGA fan I know does after a TECH victory over the mutts…If all you can do is type NERDS as your response then don’t bother I will do it for you…NERDS!NERDS!….As in the movie I believe the NERDS win…Last but not least…KENDALL WHERE YA AT!!!!HAVEN’T HEARD BACK ON YOUR WAGER PUPPY….YOU AINT STILL SKEEERED ARE YA???? Have a good day all and Reggie will not have to win this game Tashard, JJ, CJ, and Nix have a lil something for ya! Shut out CJ and Tashard runs all over your Willie M defense. Stop the run and JJ gets the big plays. Stop all that and Reggie shows out…It is 11 on 11 not 4 vs 11 and you can’t stop them all. Tenuta shut down Brady Quinn and Stafford ain’t Brady. Peace See all after the weekend….GO JACKETS!!!!
By ProudtobeaJacket
November 25, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this
To the Dawgs:
You’re right, most years you’ve got the better team. It’s just hard for us Jackets to compete when you can offer such quality academic programs to recruits as “Sport Studies,” “Recreation and Leisure Studies,” “Exercise Science,” and “Housing” as pursued by your current crop of Scholar-Athletes.
Historically you’ve won more of the games, but we still win a fair share. But when it comes down to gametime today, we’ve got the better team and we’re going to win.
By ROCKBUSTER
November 25, 2006 11:40 AM | Link to this
it’s almost game time and dogs will win by 3.GO DOGS.
By Leesburg Dawg
November 25, 2006 11:41 AM | Link to this
Win or lose today, Tech will always play second fiddle to UGA. That’s the beauty of this rivalry.
Go Dawgs!
By DecaturTechFan
November 25, 2006 11:48 AM | Link to this
Godawg, you are really dumb….What do you mean they cant afford Richt? 6 million from a well endowed PRIVATE school to UGAGG to buy out the contract. Miami will only ask one question…..you want that in cash or check? GO JACKETS!!!
By Dirty Dawg
November 25, 2006 11:50 AM | Link to this
As much as I believe in my heart that we are/were poised to kick the crap out of Tech, I’ve just witnessed the ‘kiss of death’ - that jerk, Lee Corso, just picked us to win. This guy hasn’t gotten a game of ours right ever. Two weeks ago he had AU wearing us out.
So just remember, if we do happen to lose this thing, you know who we have to thank.
By northgeorgiadogsfan
November 25, 2006 11:54 AM | Link to this
win or lose today the dogs will be #1 to me.but DOGS WIN.
By Buck Cochran in the NW
November 25, 2006 12:04 PM | Link to this
Proudtobeajacket. 1st time I’ve mentioned this but I would respect you guys a lot more if you didn’t try on that academic hat all the time………….QB play is the key to today’s game. Stafford’s young but he’ll be better then Reggie today so the Dawgs win again!
By Sean
November 25, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this
Tech will be good next year count on it we have a strog recruiting class and hopefully CJ will be back next year so mutt fans dont count on us going 7-5 anytime soon.
By ben
November 25, 2006 12:44 PM | Link to this
Good argument Jeff. UGA has the talent to do to us what Clemson did. I traveled 1000 miles to see that shellacking. Chan nor Reggie have proved they can win a big game. This is a big game. Go Jackets!
By ProudtobeaJacket
November 25, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this
Buck - A reasonable gripe, but in the end, this is COLLEGE football, not the minor leagues for the pros. Academics should play a role, and the teams who have to deal with higher academic standards will always be at a handicap.
That said, I wouldn’t change a thing…I like being the underdog.
By BogartJoe
November 25, 2006 01:16 PM | Link to this
All I ask for is a GOOD game. Not one played by the Dogs of October nor the Jackets of North Carolina.
By the way, is it true that all that UGA football players have to do to graduate is to be able to color inside the lines?
By Dirty Dawg
November 25, 2006 01:26 PM | Link to this
Look, some of the dumbest folks I’ve ever known have managed to get into Tech and remain eligible for their entire time there…so don’t tell me you guys are all that handicapped. Were you so handicapped when your graduation rate was so low but everybody played out their time? Were you so handicapped in ‘90 when Bobby Ross’ bunch managed to get Colorado an extra down? Were you so handicapped when O’Leary’s faked resume was never checked? Were you so handicapped when you had dozens of players playing even though they had long since failed to even attend classes? Were you so handicapped when Reggie couldn’t count to four - that extra digit gets in the way every time?
Look, you can’t have it both ways. You can’t keep getting these guys in…keep them eligible…and still not graduate them…AND keep making excuses about being at a disadvantage.
By BadgerDawg
November 25, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this
Tech fan, stop acting like you’re Duke or Vandy. You have the same requirements as UGA does, and everyone gets lumped into the same major that no one else on campus takes. The academic thing is a tired excuse for constant failure on the field. as for the fake National Championship,. of course Tech got the no-nothing don’t even fill in your own ballot coaches title, not the one that really mattered. The 5th doen argument is so tired, anyone with a brain knows the Buffs don’t pull a “Ball” and throw it away on 4th if the sign says 4th and not 3rd. There is only one player with the unique lack of intelligence to pull that off on any college campus in recent memory, and he’ll be behind center for the Jackets today.
By ameliaislandmike
November 25, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
Blogs do absolutely do no good. This is the third time ive begged the techies to stop beating their wings off before they actually win one. I am closely tied to the University and Senior Day is a big deal for this team. Remember i wrote this when you see how jacked up the Dawgs are going to be. Mikey Henderson is finally healthy. I see a punt return and some serious special teams having an effect on this game. My question is can a freshman Q.B. (any) freshman Q B handle this game.? I love the home field today. I think its the difference.
By GT JACKETS
November 25, 2006 01:53 PM | Link to this
BadgerDawg…What are you a UGA fan or A BIG 10 fan? If you need some help with your STUPIDITY I can help you. See if you were ignorant I could educate you, but you seem to know what you are talking about so that makes you STUPID! I guess under your own statement that LSU never won a NC, and looking at the replay of the CU/Mizzo game of 1990 there was clearly 5 downs given to the Buffs. So who knows more about College Fottball the media or the coaches? According to you the media knows more than the coaches so please all Dawg fans never criticize another AJC columnist if you do not recognize the 1990 National Championship of TECH, because you agree with the media over coaches in football IQ. And as for the Reggie Ball 4th down fiasco…I would think that you Dawg fans would rejoice as that gave your team another win rather than to say Reggie gave you a win when UGA is so much more Superior than Tech in football. You UGA fans keep making fun of REGGIE that makes all TECH fans happy that you now concede that REGGIE lost that game rather than your beloved DAWGS were the better team on that day…Keep reminding us of that every time we play because that is another game we would have won had we not had Reggie give the game to you puppies on 4th down. THESE ARE THE FACTS OF BADGERDAWG AND THE ABOVE POST!!! GO JACKETS!!!THWG!
By BogartJoe
November 25, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
Is it true that all a football player has to do in order to graduate from Tech is build a model house out of Lincoln Logs?
PS. Niether school can brag about their athletic departments’ graduation rates.
By Osama Bin Buzz
November 25, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this
we are prepairing for holy jihad on red and black. Me and Pun-jab will be at game . we will not take off turbin to allow other to watch game. I go to the tech of georgia. I wish girls here at tech of georgia would be like girls in home land and cover face. Uga the dog backside look better then Tech girls face. I am going to ask Tech to allow me to build cave like home land. Pun-jab wish reggie knew how to count. It not 1-2-3-4 and get another chance to throw ball.I know that and football in my land is used with round ball. I have feeling after game my team will be for 0-6 against mighty THE University of Georgia BULLDOGS. I do not understand one thing about my football team….Do we have a old beat up car as mascot or pesky flying insect. Were like team from Alambama named tigers or is it war eagles….this confuse Osama. Time for a** whopping them stronger, better boys from GEORGIA are about to put on us rambling wrecked from the the tech of georgia. Hard to believe Duke put 44 on NC and we only had 7……Osama is very confused. GO DAWGS…..I mean go jackets of yellow ( like the urine).
By BadgerDawg
November 25, 2006 04:04 PM | Link to this
Jackets, I know you understand Dungeons and Dragons and Star Trek Conventions more than football, but let’s try this one more time…if it said 4th down, they would not have thrown it away. The refs gave them a down they didn’t need if the refs didn’t mess it up with the markers to begin with. While the writers aren’t perfect, they know other teams alot more than coaches who generally skirt their own responsibilities to vote the poll. Also, you should probably consider a grammatically correct post when chosing to call someone stupid. I’ll let you figure out your error if you have that capacity.
P.S. Reggie BaLLLL looks like our MVP again so far.
By BogartJoe
November 25, 2006 04:53 PM | Link to this
Drop, Drop, DROP! How about more effort from our receivers. It’s pathetic!
By barbara
November 25, 2006 07:01 PM | Link to this
When I was reading your column earlier today I had to admit you were right. Reggie Ball is one of the worst quarterbacks Tech has had. Unfortunately, the coach never has the guts to bench him. His inability to see the field, poor decision making, and mistakes cost Tech the game today.
By Clay
November 25, 2006 07:03 PM | Link to this
Bad news, Dawg fans…Ball is done at Tech. They may have a chance against UGA next year! 15-12…Go Dawgs!!
By splitatom
November 25, 2006 07:10 PM | Link to this
Reggie - Thanks again for pulling defeat from the jaws of victory. You SUC, SUC, SUC. Please graduate as soon as possible! Chan, how many more inept games do you need before you pull your head out of your ** and replace him?
A frustrated grad…
By BadgerDawg
November 25, 2006 07:17 PM | Link to this
Jacketnation, where are you? UGA plays its B game but its still enough. Thanks for the memories Mr. BaLLLL and keep it coming Coach GaiLLLLLey.
By Tech66
November 25, 2006 07:23 PM | Link to this
I have watched Tech play for 55 years. Never in all that time have I been more in doubt about the outcome of any game as I have been since RB1 became our QB. The only person more relieved than me to see him leave is CJ21. Absolutely the worst execution at QB in school history. At least Stan ‘the man’ Gann shot himself in the foot for real.
By SuwaneeDawg
November 25, 2006 08:22 PM | Link to this
15 - 12. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!
By Carlos S. de la V.
November 25, 2006 09:00 PM | Link to this
Jeff - nice piece. Please send your stock picks to the above email and I’ll give you a 15/12 cut of the take.
By John Dayton
November 25, 2006 09:34 PM | Link to this
How prescient of you Mr. Schulz. Surely not even you (nor could I) have fathomed that a 4th-year senior QB could play such a poor game - and follow it up with an even poorer display of sportsmanship.
It is long past time for Mr. Ball to relenquish the #1 spot on the depth chart.
At least Larry Coker had the guts to remove a 2-yr starter (Kyle Wright) when the team lost confidence. The look on the faces of the offensive players after UGA scored was shocking. Everyone KNEW the game was over.
Sad..
By TyboDawg
November 26, 2006 12:11 AM | Link to this
GOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!…nuff said