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By mem

November 17, 2005 04:02 PM | Link to this

Better to just get all the stuff out of the way all at once. An actual football game Saturday will be a relief!

As for how players will respond, who knows? We never know, even on quiet weeks!

By John M

November 17, 2005 04:05 PM | Link to this

Sorry Techies, there is a reason Chan got the extension. He is the only coach that would stay at your school as you go on probation and become the bottom of the barrel in the acc. You already took some luster out of the dawg game by losing last week now for the next 5 years you are going to use the excuse that your on probation when we are stomping your team on the field.

Enjoying your unsuccess, John

By SC DAWG

November 17, 2005 04:12 PM | Link to this

Sorry Yech fans about the probation thing. It’s got to really suck that that they will take away your Football wins….both of them!

GO DAWGS!

By wes

November 17, 2005 04:14 PM | Link to this

Players play.

Us fans worry and speculate.

Also, you forgot to mention Dave Braine’s stupid, stupid comment the other day as yet another distraction.

But that crap doesn’t matter to players.

By william

November 17, 2005 04:16 PM | Link to this

Busy week. I believe Houston will be a huge boost for us, he is a leader and provides our defense a spark. As far as probation, it hurts tech, it hurts georgia, and the acc. It is a sad day for the program, and all the institutions that are involved with us. I would say the same if it happened to uga. Chan please hire an offensive coordinator, and special teams coach. I think you could turn your job around real easily if you focused on being a great head coach. Go Tech.

By Randy Brackett

November 17, 2005 04:16 PM | Link to this

Well I guess the basket weavers, pottery spinners and jewelry students are elated now. I still say GT and Atlanta is the best place to be. Who in there right mind would want to spend 4 years in Athens Ga. Oh that’s who they get, “people who aren’t in there right mind. GOOOOOOOOOOOO TECH

By DrT.

November 17, 2005 04:24 PM | Link to this

I guess now that every player NCAA wide under indictment will be reinstated. Unbelievable! A coach can boot players from the team for offenses that are detrimental to the team or other mischief that does not come close to criminal, yet a judge forces the school to reinstate an INDICTED (alleged) drug dealer. Give me a break! If Tech allows Houston on the field it is just another black eye to go with all the rest of this weeks bruises.

By ProbationOfficer

November 17, 2005 04:33 PM | Link to this

Tech fans, your team needs your help. All you self professed “Tech big money men” that are always crying and whining, get proactive. Stop disguising yourselves as empty seats. If you are ashamed to be seen at a Tech game, wear a paper sack over your head. You can call yourselves the wanna-bees! It worked for the “ain’ts”. Come on “money boys.” Support the team. Start walking the walk instead of talking s$$$!

By Biff

November 17, 2005 04:35 PM | Link to this

I’m a Dawg fan and sometimes enjoy taking a shot at Tech — good natured, rivalry stuff. Not the stupid stuff (like above… Athens is heaven on earth, Randy, whether you like football or not).

But man, I can’t even poke fun with the week you guys have had. Hang in there!

By Bill

November 17, 2005 04:43 PM | Link to this

Well, yesterday the kitchen cought fire, today the roof fell in!! All of these problems are Dave Braine’s problems. Gailey has to accept Houston back but he does not have to play him. If he does play him, shame, shame! The probation is Braines fault! Should have never happened. The self-imposed penalties were an attempted whitewash. I am totally ashamed to admit I was a Tech Football fan. NO MORE. When does Basketball start? I AM MAKING A PLEA THAT PRESIDENT CLOUGH FIRE BRAINE AND GAILY TODAY!! 1963 GRADUATE

By Roscoe Tyrone Glumberglutch

November 17, 2005 04:58 PM | Link to this

So, now the timing of Braine’s contract extension for Chan Gailey makes sense. The Institute knew the severity of the sanctions and locked Gailey in for the duration to prevent any perception of total loss of institutional control.

Pretty clever.

By Winston Shapiro

November 17, 2005 05:00 PM | Link to this

Ironic that the one person most responsible for Tech’s “student athlete” woes, Carol Moore, will not fell any of the heat. As a tenured professor who has since been “reassigned” (that is, put back in her cushy faculty position), she can continue along fat, dumb, and happy. (Accent on the “dumb”.)

By George in CNY

November 17, 2005 05:03 PM | Link to this

Relax folks…this too shall pass. Don’t rock the boat any more than it’s already rocking. A little more of that and we’ll start taking in water…for the younguns sakes. They are sure to drown as swimming was dropped from the Institute’s list of mandatory courses. Time to hunker down (did I say that?) and let the storm pass. Braine will soon be out to pasture and I sure hope they find someone with REAL brain and a fire in his belly to get us back on the right track. As far as Chan, don’t expect miracles and in the same breadth things as bad in the football department as he can make them. It’s bound to get better. Now repeat after me….What’s the Good Word? there…feel better already.

By ProbationOfficer

November 17, 2005 05:04 PM | Link to this

Where’s the moron from yesterday that was tooting fat George’s horn for his stellar oversight of the football teams academic performance. 98-99. I believe that was on the O’fat one’s watch.

Does anybody know exactly how many wins will be vacated?

By Jim Donnan

November 17, 2005 05:08 PM | Link to this

Thank you NCAA-14 IN A ROW!!

By Jasper Sanks

November 17, 2005 05:16 PM | Link to this

I told you I wasn’t down.

Also, Georgia Tech has academic standards? Isn’t this the same school that “Smokey” Houston and Stephon Marbury were admitted to? Isn’t this the same school who has the lowest graduation rate in the ACC for its football players?

Looks like Tech is the first casualty of the “new look” ACC. RIP.

By JON M

November 17, 2005 05:17 PM | Link to this

Bradley, you’re a moron. You are making a difficult recruiting job impossible with the b****** you write.

By Brian Donegan

November 17, 2005 05:25 PM | Link to this

I am a Bulldog fan however the only day I despise the Jackets is when both teams face off against each other. I also consider myself a fan of college athletics. these NCAA rules are not fair at all. Why? Well only a handfull get caught. I am certain that each institution breaks the rules set out for them. The trick is not getting caught. When only a handful of the schools get caught something is wrong. Yesterday South Carolina was put on probation for its football program-Violations that were made during Lou Holtz’s tenure. It is no fair at all to punish teams that are removed from those violations. Lou Holtz should be fined and not allowed to be a TV analyst instead of the junk South Carolina was just imposed with. The NCAA rules are not fair to the athletes. You know there are many people who want to be college athletes but why bother when you can’t work and can’t accept help for things that you could do if you were making some money. When the school makes buckoo bucks because of what I do on the field/court/whatever the school owes me more than an education-At least make sure I have enough money to buy groceries and keep myself warm in the winter.

Okay…Okay….Count to ten….Rant over. Phew. What I was trying to say is that the NCAA needs to either enforce their rules strictly or don’t even bother making them in the first place.

By John M

November 17, 2005 05:26 PM | Link to this

Jon M your a Moron, recruiting has nothing to do with what’s in the paper and who wwrite’s in it.

By ProbationOfficer

November 17, 2005 05:37 PM | Link to this

Empty seats, bad fans,probation, and losing. Sure fire obstacles to recruiting. Newspaper writers? Nah.

By KneeJerk

November 17, 2005 05:41 PM | Link to this

For all of you guys asking when basketball season starts, have you seen the roster? I’m looking forward to the 06-07 season. This one won’t be pretty. We are counting on TARVER! All you guys go ahead and jump ship. Some of you are not real fans, anyway. I don’t care if you are a Tech graduate or not. The people who truly care about Tech athletics will hang in there. Good riddance to the others.

By KneeJerk

November 17, 2005 06:06 PM | Link to this

Rana, your first sentence needs work. “This is WORST than a hurricane”. OUCH!

By dave

November 17, 2005 06:12 PM | Link to this

kneejerk…..while there are a lot of young guys on the team, they have some real talent returning including tarver and this is just the kind of situation that i think hewitt excels in….building a TEAM….but who knows….they could be just like the braves this year, exciting to watch with all that youthful enthusiasm and winners too…..granted this is the ACC, but hewitt won’t let them take braine’s attitude into the season….they’ll probably start slow but i’m betting they’re in the thick of it at the end of the season…..i mean SI doesn’t even list them in the top 65……it’s perfect, it’s a beautiful thing….go jackets

By TheTruth

November 17, 2005 06:17 PM | Link to this

Thanks NCAA for clearing something up for everyone. From reading the summary of the ruling it appears that alot of football players DON’T take calculus after all. Another excuse out the window.

By Biff

November 17, 2005 06:24 PM | Link to this

Am I reading this right? Records from 98-99 through 04-05 are vacated? here

By CNN

November 17, 2005 06:29 PM | Link to this

This just in! The Ramblin Wreck crashed and burned today after being pushed over the cliff by the NCAA. On board were numerous bandwagon fans, none of whom have been seen or heard from since the crash. Tech football is presumed to be dead. A memorial service will be held on the 19th, hosted by the Miami Hurricanes. The funeral will be held November 26th. Internment will be finalized by the Georgia Bulldogs. My condolences. Tech football RIP.

By Greg

November 17, 2005 06:53 PM | Link to this

The UGA fans masquerading as clever and posting under fake names are either high schoolers or folks that have too much time on their hands. As to the probation, all is not lost. We admitted the violations, and the air is now clear for the future. I, for one, will continue to go to games and cheer for the team that I love. Anybody that “has been a Tech fan for the last 400 years” should pretty clearly remember the winless seasons, and realize that our team is 6-3, full of talent, poised to destroy UGAg in a week and show up like a true fan. GO JACKETS!!!!

By wes

November 17, 2005 06:54 PM | Link to this

Watch tech come back from the dead nov 26. enjoy.

By TheTruth

November 17, 2005 06:57 PM | Link to this

Yeah, and all Tech footballers take calculus. Another myth disproven.

By Greg

November 17, 2005 07:11 PM | Link to this

Yeah, I had a football player for a calculus T.A., and he was honestly the worst T.A. I’ve ever had… worse that T.A.s that don’t speak any english and teach microeconomics. That said, not every football player has to be great at calculus, but the vast majority have to take it and pass it. Furthermore, I have yet to run across a cupcake class at Tech, whereas “unreversities” like UGA have P.E. departments and other ventures for athletes to take advantage of. Tech offers 2 P.E.’s intermittently; swim training and jog training, both of which have a 15 student capacity. You do the math, that is, if you can.

By Chan Gailey

November 17, 2005 07:54 PM | Link to this

Sorry about the probation, but look at the bright side, I got 5 more years to straighten things out.

By Told You So

November 17, 2005 08:15 PM | Link to this

Here we go again with another apologist with blinders on. Greg, do you really think that all the Nerd footballers are engineering majors? Tech has plenty of hide out courses for your less than stellar scholars. Or did you forget that Joe Hamilton has returned to Tech for the two years he needs to get a degree after spending five years there playing football and basically being shuffled from crip course to crip course in order to keep his eligibility. This probation mess is another fine kettle of fish that you can leave on O’Liary’s front doorstep. He recruited them, he hid them out, and he blew the joint as soon as an attractive job came along. Keep an eye on Central Florida, if the administration down there is as desperate to win as Tech was, then Georgie boy will have them in a mess a few years down the road. O’Liary may be a good football coach but he is definitely no shining example to hold up as an ideal.

By JB

November 17, 2005 08:23 PM | Link to this

All things must Pass

George Harrison

By Brett

November 17, 2005 08:27 PM | Link to this

Put a sock in it, Bulldog Nation. 51-7 didn’t happen. Ask the NCAA.

By Glass Houses

November 17, 2005 08:29 PM | Link to this

I tried to tell all of you Trade School fans that your constant use of the “academic superiority excuse” would eventually come back to bite you. In the last week it has been pointed out that you have players who spent five years at your fine Institution and never got within hailing distance of a diploma but also never lost any eligibility. Your athletic program had wide spread use of ineligible athletes in multiple sports. You had to take your drug dealer back into the fold after it was pointed out that there were other criminals in the program who hadn’t been given more than a slap on the wrist after they and had their crimes hushed up, and on top of everything else the sacred calculus cow had to be sacrificed on the altar of NCAA probation.

By Topper

November 17, 2005 08:32 PM | Link to this

Now if UGA could get Fla and Auburn to forfiet……they could beat Tenn. Fla, Auburn and Tech in the same year.

By RambleOn

November 17, 2005 08:33 PM | Link to this

I don’t think Houston should be playing. The judge was irroneous in his decision. Bad example sent here.

I guess the NCAA is cringing right now. Of course I could care less about the NCAA. A bunch of blue blood whiners. Get a damn college Div.I playoff system in place and quit ruining my life. Makes me so damn mad! College football is so antiquated. Yeah, I want a computer to tell me that due to the polls and final BCS standings that the NCAA has come up with the best two teams to square off. Give me a break. They may indeed be the best two teams but until a playoff system is established college football is in the doldrums. The NFL has risen so far ahead of college football it isn’t funny. College basketball is close. NCAAFB is way back in the pack. Hey, NCAA idiots wake the hell up!!! GT may have a black eye right now but the NCAA as a whole is down on the canvas for the 8 count.

By Palmetto State Dawg

November 17, 2005 08:35 PM | Link to this

Hey Tech, quit cheatin’! GO DAWGS!!!!

By Happens all the time

November 17, 2005 08:42 PM | Link to this

Hate to be the one to say this, but this kind of academic stuff happens at every university. I know of multiple athletes at multiple schools who get away with plenty of things tied to academics that regular students would not. Its not just at GT. Its all over. GT just got caught. That is reality.

By Greg

November 17, 2005 08:43 PM | Link to this

Yes, I know most athletes aren’t engineering majors, but name one of the so called plethora of bogus majors that are exempt from taking physics, calculus and computer science. There are majors that are easier than others, but there are no cupcakes. Believe me, the athletes at tech get a ton of flak from fellow students for not having to take diff eq’s or anything near that level, but I’d gladly stand our athletes up against any other schools any day, if for no other reason than their having been forced to take a few difficult classes.

By wes

November 17, 2005 09:19 PM | Link to this

The NCAA is full of $hit. It’s not like Tech had major recruiting violations like South Carolina! And, Tech gets the same punishment? Are you f’n kidding me????

On top of that, this is the FIRST infraction against the GT football program….EVER! I guess the NCAA doesn’t seem to think that being a first time offender means jack-squat.

I’ve never seen such a big whopping pile of B.S. in my entire life. The NCAA can go phuck itself.

By retired engineer

November 17, 2005 09:23 PM | Link to this

Well, well, the dogs did not beat Tech the last few years because Tech was on vacation (LMAO!)

By McDonoughDawg

November 17, 2005 09:27 PM | Link to this

To all GT fans, LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Brett

November 17, 2005 09:28 PM | Link to this

Before too many Rabies Babies get too big for their silver 1980s parachute pants, just remember—it’s a lot easier to be “academically ineligible” at Tech than at UGA, and a lot easier to take crip courses and still be progressing on your major at UGA. Period.

Every time the NCAA “tries” to crack down on the football factories, it always hits the academically tougher schools worst.

By wes

November 17, 2005 09:31 PM | Link to this

Dear Georgia fans:

Suck my stinger and go to hell.

By JacketBoss

November 17, 2005 09:38 PM | Link to this

Funny how none of the Dawg fans seem to remember the Tony Cole incident at times like these. At least we admit to our mistakes and players take real classes instead of Basketball Coaching 101. Most Tech players are in an “easy” major, which happens to also be top 30 in the country.

By Brian Donegan

November 17, 2005 09:47 PM | Link to this

Well dang it. I never knew how many of my fellow Bulldog fans could be hypocritical. “Stop Cheating, Tech” Like we don’t cheat? Every school cheats. No questions asked. I don’t know why the NCAA even tries to make rules, cause every school (TEch, Georgia, Miami, Notre Dame, Kennesaw, I bet even Harvard and Yale) takes the rules and rips them apart into confetti. No one cares, untile they get caught. My question is this: If everyone is cheating and breaking NCAA rules…than does that mean everyone is really cheating? I mean if every athletic program in America breaks the NCAA rules…each school is on equal footing with each other because they are all cheating.

By Biff

November 17, 2005 09:51 PM | Link to this

Brian, I need to check your paw prints, because based on your posts I’m questioning your breeding.

Hey Tech fans: I don’t hate your program, and actually would like to see you succeed except on T’giving weekend, but puh-leeze give up the academic superiority argument. You’ve been exposed, big time.

By GTME1986

November 17, 2005 10:10 PM | Link to this

Here is my take:

1) The NCAA went overboard in the punishment. We came clean and were a first offender. We messed up but it was an honest mistake. It’s not like we were paying players to come to Tech or giving grades away.

2) Alot of heat should come off Gailey RIGHT NOW. George had as many issues or more from what I have seen so far. The 10 lost players last year (that failed out) appear to be more with the School gaining control than an issue with Gailey - the same would have happen if George had not left for ND.

3) Tech fans need to pick up the pieces. It has been a rough week - but nothing is ever easy and any Tech Grad understands this from his/her time at the school.

4) Finally -

I am a ramblin wreck from Georgia Tech and a hell-of an engineer … like all the jolly good fellas, I drink my whiskey clear, I am a ramblin gamblin hell of an engineer.

Lastly, I would like to say that there have been quite a few post from Dawg fans that have showed true class - thanks - but I do hope we beat you next week (sooner or later we have to get a break)

By alan

November 17, 2005 10:12 PM | Link to this

It still amazes me to see how many UGA fans read and write in a Tech blog. Are they secretly Tech fans? As a Tech fan, you will never catch me reading or contributing to a UGA blog. If you are a UGA fan and reading this, look in the mirror and ask yourself why?

By Biff

November 17, 2005 10:19 PM | Link to this

GTME, seems like I responded to you in another blog. Hope I was respectful!

There are a LOT of UGA fans/alumni who live in Atlanta and don’t really hate Tech - there’s a big difference in rivalry and hatred (don’t tell my dawg buddies I said that). Heck, some of my very best friends are Auburn BOOSTERS, and we have a great time with the rivalry.

This is just like what UGA went through with Harrick, but that was “only” basketball, which at UGA is not that big a deal.

Keep your head up, support your kids. Oh, and fire your A.D!

By A Dawg Fan

November 17, 2005 10:34 PM | Link to this

Dear Alan….In answer to your insipid comment about why UGA fans read and post on Tech blogs, we do it because you all are so thin skinned and easy to upset. You cry like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar and this time you were. We are glad that you don’t post on a UGA blog because you would immediately start the academic superiority whine even though that fairy tale has been exposed big time over the last few months. You all can keep telling yourselves that your academic scandal was an honest clerical mistake if it makes you feel better, but it was too wide spread and went on for far to long to have been a minor oversight by some poor clueless secretary. You cheated, you got caught, take your punishment, and quit crying like little kids trying to weasel a lesser punishment for breaking the rules by using that tired old “everyone else was doing it and they didn’t get punished as much” refrain.

By Ralph

November 17, 2005 10:42 PM | Link to this

It’s fun to see that the Muttlanders are lecturing Tech people as a result of our probation. All I have to say to them is simply, Jan Kemp. You folks will never, ever be able to live that down.

So enjoy this. We messed up, but you have messed up much more.

By Biff

November 17, 2005 11:06 PM | Link to this

Jan who?

By KneeJerk

November 18, 2005 06:25 AM | Link to this

Yes, the academic superiority has been exposed. These athhletes were exposed as not meeting the HIGH standards that Tech sets. So yes Tech does have academic superiority over the other school that uses schools like Hargraves as a breeding ground for their football team.

By alan

November 18, 2005 08:01 AM | Link to this

Evidently “Be a Dawg fan” should change his name to “I read Tech Blogs”. Welcome to the forum. It sounds as though a lot of UGA fans are coming out of the closet and following Tech and our troubles instead of supporting thier own University. Of course, UGA has never been in any trouble, nah! But keep reading and supporting our blog as we appreciate your concern and let us know if we can return the favor!

By bc

November 18, 2005 08:38 AM | Link to this

I thought Chan was extended because he was coaching at the third toughest job in the nation due to academic requirements?! Dave Braine should be fired instantly if not sooner! It is ultimately his responsibility! The new AD should be able to pick his own coach

By Chas

November 18, 2005 08:39 AM | Link to this

Even before I could BUZZ I learned that when I was in a family/a group/an organization I said WE when I referred to it. Am I the only one that noticed Braine saying they?

By Dwight

November 18, 2005 08:41 AM | Link to this

The “Dawg” fans have every right to embellish this week - Enjoy it while it lasts. By the way, how’s that President of your’s doing? I think his name is Adams - isn’t it? See you in a week.

By Disgusted

November 18, 2005 08:43 AM | Link to this

The worse loss in the history of the program to UGA (and that is saying something given the pathetic GT teams of the past 20 years!) and now the first probation ever! Time to give Braine a 5 year contract extension!

By dawgman

November 18, 2005 09:28 AM | Link to this

Would it be fair to refer to Ga. Tech student athletes as Rogue Scholars? Did we lose to Tech in any of the six or eight seasons where games are to be forfeited?

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 09:34 AM | Link to this

I guess the Dogs will be going for 15 in a row this year in the Joke by Coke due to the 2 forfeits turned in by Tech. What a shame…Tech cheats and lies and still finshes 6-5 every year.

By ACC fan

November 18, 2005 09:55 AM | Link to this

Georgia Tech has screwed itself once again. That is nothing new. However, the moron that says GT doesn’t have better academic standards than UGA is just that. They don’t graduate a high percentage because it is a really hard school and they don’t hand out A’s to athletes (UGA basketball team - biggest joke ever) like UGA or most easier state institutions. UGA will probably rape us this year in fball, but for the time being they should keep their mouths shut because we easily beat Auburn on their HOME field. The SEC sucks this year in fball and has always sucked academically. Academically, it is the worst among power conferences by far (Go figure, it is the South). Bball starts tonight. Can’t wait for GT to beat UGA by 45 points again this year!

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 09:57 AM | Link to this

15 in a row…get out the slide rule and add that up Aristotle.

By GSU JACKET

November 18, 2005 09:58 AM | Link to this

It is time for GT to give up, and for Georgia State to start a football program. Then maybe the playing field will be level in this state.

By George in CNY

November 18, 2005 10:00 AM | Link to this

dawgman: I know this is a little challenging for all of you farm intellectuals but…vacate ain’t the same as forfeit. Once again….what’s the good word? To hell with Ga of course…Darn…I feel so much better knowing that. Now go look for the stuff all poochies secretly crave and feast on it.

By mem

November 18, 2005 10:00 AM | Link to this

Games aren’t forfeited, folks, just “vacated”. They never happened. So that wipes out 3 GT victories over the pups from 98-‘00, and also wipes out 3 losses to the pups in ‘01, ‘02, and ‘04. So any who want to disregard the three Tech wins must also disregard the 51-7 blowout, the 17 point win in ‘02, and the 4th down fiasco of last year as well.

But we all know they were played, and we all know the outcome, so no use trying to hide it now…

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 10:07 AM | Link to this

15 in a row… as hard to swallow as a Wake Forest Butt-Whooping huh?

By ACC fan

November 18, 2005 10:09 AM | Link to this

Anybody remember this year when the UGA fball player blatently cheated w his cell phone then became violent w the teacher. Yeah, UGA’s players are a bunch of illiterate thugs. At least our players didn’t intentionally cheat. Its all on the faculty monitoring those things.

By ACC fan

November 18, 2005 10:13 AM | Link to this

Wake Forest butt whooping? We manhandled Wake Forest. Godogsicem is a retard.

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 10:16 AM | Link to this

This year ya did beat mighty Wake…you must be one of the “NEW” fans….or you have a short memory? Well remember this…15 in a row and 6:09..more commonly referred to as 51-7. Have a great day nerds. I am off to the golf course while you tool away on your slide rules…

By Bruce Bruce

November 18, 2005 10:22 AM | Link to this

Techies and Dawgies both need to wake up. As an Emory grad, neither can talk to me about academic superiority-especially as related to this state’s educational system.

Neither school can claim “academic integrity” in their programs. There is one clear difference however: UGA never claimed to have it, now Tech can’t rely on it for its shortcomings.

By ACC fan

November 18, 2005 10:29 AM | Link to this

I’m still trying to figure out 15 yrs in a row. My math must not be too good since I went to Tech. I thought we have established that the games weren’t forfeited like 2 hrs ago, so none of those count as wins. If you are a GT fan you have to have a short memory if you know what I mean. We already manhandled MIGHTY AUBURN. HAHAHA. Playing golf on a Friday = jobless. You should take after your gf/wife and get a job. She does a great job answer my phones and giving me “massages”.

By TheTruth

November 18, 2005 10:29 AM | Link to this

ACC fan, you forgot to mention that that player is no longer playing for UGA. Does anyone remember the “Pizza Brawl?” Two techsters, one a 300lb lineman, one a 250lb linebacker beat the hell out of a 100lb GIRL and played that Saturday. Remember the wideout that got caught with a bag of pot in a jacket he was wearing and the O’fat one said “it wasn’t his jacket” and played him? Remember the star player that destroyed his dorm room and couldn’t enroll until the damages were paid and the O’fat one pulled $300.00 from his wallet and paid it? Remember the starting safety that was caught breaking into cars and stealing stereos? (and was run down by a campus security guard I might add. Says alot about your talent level) Of course the guard was probably one of O’Leary’s boys that had exhausted his eligibility or finally had to take calculus in his 4th or 5th year and hit the trail. Nobody buys your sanctimonius crap anymore. Thanks to the NCAA we now know that many Tech players NEVER take calculus either. They take crip courses until their eligibility expires without ever opening a calculus book. Your program has been exposed techmites. Thank you NCAA. You have rendered all excuses for losing null and void. Too bad you can’t take care of the crying and whining too.

By Disappointed Tech Fan

November 18, 2005 10:34 AM | Link to this

I am so disappointed in our sports program right now. I believed that TECH was better than that, but I guess I was wrong. I am still glad that I have my degree from a great school, but I wish that it was not tainted with all the stuff going on with the sports teams. I wish that Braine understood that his pathetic decisions are a poor reflection upon us all, athlete and non-athlete alike. Gailey is consistently rated as one of the worst coaches in college football, we have been told that our school better accept substandard expectations (6 or 7 win seasons, if we are lucky), and that whatever hope we had before is now extinguished with the NCAA sanctions.

I hope you have a great Thanksgiving Braine because, with regards to Georgia Tech athletics, we have nothing to be thankful for.

By ACC fan

November 18, 2005 10:35 AM | Link to this

Emory is a joke. Every one of my friends that go there say its easy as hell. Bruce Bruce, are you Jewish! Hahaha. Emory doesn’t get sanctioned cause it doesn’t have any DI sports teams.

By Michael

November 18, 2005 10:42 AM | Link to this

Please note that Tech was not “caught”. A GT admin realised they had interpeted a rule incorrectly. Tech staff owned up to the fact they had made a mistake and turned themselves into the NCAA. Personally I’m proud of how Tech has conducted itself, and think the NCAA ruling is a slap in the face. NO ONE will come clean with admin mistakes to the NCAA again.

By antiprivateschooler

November 18, 2005 10:44 AM | Link to this

I have to say, Emory is not a joke. Yes, the difficulty in getting in is only surpassed by the difficulty in failing out, but a great education is gained, nonetheless.

By ACC fan

November 18, 2005 10:46 AM | Link to this

Great point Michael. It is typical of UGA fans to run their mouth without knowing all the facts or what the hell is going on.

By ACC fan

November 18, 2005 10:50 AM | Link to this

Emory is definately a good school, but it is like a wannabe Ivy League school: hard to get in, but the classes are easy once you get in and teachers give tons of A’s.

By TheTruth

November 18, 2005 10:54 AM | Link to this

Michael, I hope like hell you’re not a defense attorney. That defense will get someone put away forever. To get what you got at Tech on a 1st offense means that something about your case REALLY STUNK. LACK OF INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL Michael. Say it over and over again until it sinks in.

By dlynn

November 18, 2005 11:00 AM | Link to this

to John M - the luster was lost when the dogs lost to Auburn and Florida. Tech frequently loses games they are supposed to win and sometimes wins games they are supposed to lose. It won’t be Tech’s fault if the Tech-Ga game is meaningless.

By Cheat n Lose

November 18, 2005 11:07 AM | Link to this

How can a program play so many ineligible stars, lose so many games, and have such a pitiful presence in the NFL. Incomprehensible!

By ebineezer

November 18, 2005 11:33 AM | Link to this

With Houston back, Tech will be sky high down in Miami Saturday. Forget the gatoraid, bring on the Moutain Dew and Doritios! Its fun to be a Bee again. Let the good times roll!!

By vetteDAWG

November 18, 2005 11:37 AM | Link to this

Hello tech fans : You all seem to want ME to stay off YOUR blog - it’s to easy - all of you take the bait !!

This has been a nightmare week @ tech & with the CANES & the DAWGS coming up it is only gonna get worse. In a DAWGS world this week is hilarious. NO MORE , we have NEVER been on probation stuff - your LAME excuse’s about academic standard’s . Here are the FACT’S :

1 ) Your president rehired a football coach who has proven what he can do - average @ best —

2) The court(???) makes you put an (alledged,where there is smoke there is fire)DRUG DEALER back on the team. If Gailey play’s him. ESPN will be all over it. How will that look on a NATIONAL TV GAME.

3)Now, your on PROBATION - Does that mean the DAWGS have now whipped you 14 years in a row - probably not 11-3 FOR SURE !!!!

4) For us DAWG fans to call your football program a JOKE is one thing. But, when your president say’s it in public - DOES IT GET ANY WORSE.

By Bark

November 18, 2005 11:45 AM | Link to this

What goes through a person’s mind when they look into a camera and bark? Do they honestly think it is amusing? Do they think it is some sort of communication with Uga 1, 2 3, or whatever number the dog is? Do they think it makes themm look sophisticated or smart? Do they think it is attractive? Try this…. look into a mirror and bark. Now get on all four’s and rollover. Now sit. Good dog. Now go back to your little school in Athens and bark with your mutt fans.

By TheTruth

November 18, 2005 11:48 AM | Link to this

I am serious when I say that I feel sad for Tech’s players. Most of them are quality kids who suffer because of bad leadership across the board. Hopefully they won’t be victimized again by the presence of Rueben Houston on the field. They don’t deserve it on top of everything else. They also deserve fans that want to be part of the solution instead of the biggest part of the problem.

By TheTruth

November 18, 2005 11:54 AM | Link to this

It beats the hell out of staring into the camera while disguised as an empty seat.

By mike

November 18, 2005 12:00 PM | Link to this

OUR ONE PLAYER ARRESTED IN 3 YEARS GOT A 9 GAME SUSPENSION. IF HOUSTON PLAYS, WHO CARES. PUNISHMENT IS FOR THE COURT TO DECIDE. REMEMBER WHEN QUINCY CARTER GOT BUSTED FOR DRUGS AND THE UGA POWERS THAT BE MYSTERIOUSLY PUT A CAST ON HIS ARM. QUINCY SURE DIDN’T MISS 9 GAMES! ON ANOTHER NOTE, CLOUGH IS THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO LEAVE.

By wes

November 18, 2005 12:05 PM | Link to this

I agree with Bark (above). Excellent points.

By Hizonner

November 18, 2005 12:05 PM | Link to this

Hilarious! It looks like the academic flagship is sinking fast. And as for Chan Gailey’s contract extension, it wasn’t the timing of the NCAA probe. I heard that Braine and some bigshot alumni flew to China to recruit a coach, but Win One Soon refused to come to Atlanta.

By TheTruth

November 18, 2005 12:07 PM | Link to this

The worm sure has turned hasn’t it Mike? Now we have Mark Richt, not Goff, not Donnan. You can bet that if Houston played at UGA or South Carolina that the stadium grass would never touch the bottom of his shoes again. A judge can make them suit Houston up, but he can’t make the coach play him. I hope that there is that much integrity left at Tech. Your good kids don’t need the hoopla that Houston getting on the field would generate. They deserve better.

By Chan

November 18, 2005 12:12 PM | Link to this

Those empty seats will be filled with red and black next week. If it weren’t for the Georgia fans and Clemson fans buying your season tickets, you wouldn’t have as many fans in your stands as Morehouse.

By FES

November 18, 2005 12:18 PM | Link to this

It good ting dey dont make us take speeling heer at Tech.

By AmyVanderbilt

November 18, 2005 12:19 PM | Link to this

Mike! Please stop yelling on your computer. You are bound to be slobbering all over your Happy Meal.

By wes

November 18, 2005 12:31 PM | Link to this

I no what you meen FES!

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 12:37 PM | Link to this

Chan….how dare you? You act as if they give away 4 free hot dogs and cokes with their season ticket packages we buy…OH…I forgot, they do. The Joke by Coke will be at least 50% red and black this year…can you say 15 in a row, or if you prefer, 6:09… or EVEN…”spike it, spike it spike it!” on 4th down…

By BiggieSmalls

November 18, 2005 12:52 PM | Link to this

Miami vs Tech! What a banner day for college athletics. The Gangsta Rappers from Miami vs the indicted drug kingpin from GT. Throw in all the excitement of probation and folks we got the game of the year. If you got tickets please call Notorious BIG. I need tickets for my entire entourage. Thug Bowl I should be quite a show. Is ESPN doing Game Day there too? WOW! Tech finally has got the national stage that it has dreamed of. This will certainly put you on the radar screen when it comes to recruiting. Congratulations Tech!

By kirk

November 18, 2005 01:27 PM | Link to this

as a follower of georgia tech football for 50 years, all this recent mess doesn’t bother me at all because i gave up the day they hired chan gailey

By lastcall

November 18, 2005 01:28 PM | Link to this

“We may not make a university student out of him, but if we can teach him to read and write, maybe he can work at the post office rather than as a garbage man when he gets through with his athletic career.” - UGA defense attorney Hale Almand - referring to UGA athletes during an address to the jury in the Jan Kemp case

By dee

November 18, 2005 01:29 PM | Link to this

Tech is just an illustration of what is wrong with sports. You sacrifice integrity to win football games.

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 01:34 PM | Link to this

What integrity? Tech has always lied and cheated. They just had an illusion of integrity. Insiders have always known what a trash heap that program is. 15 in a row…6:09…spike it! spike it! spike it!

By Spanky

November 18, 2005 01:38 PM | Link to this

Uh-Oh!!!….and the hits just keep on coming!!! Gotta hate that!

By Kemp Schmemp

November 18, 2005 01:56 PM | Link to this

That stuff about Jan Kemp is so old that even she’s forgotten it. We’re talking about the here and now, and three, count’em, three of your head coaches.

I think the NCAA should make them vacate the phantom national championships they claim and multiply every year.

By Advocate

November 18, 2005 01:59 PM | Link to this

As an advocate for the homeless, I would like to ask that Tech donate the flags and banners it must remove to be used as blankets for those on the street. It will only help three or four, but the symbolism of a bum sleeping under the “Humanitarian Bowl” banner would be priceless.

By George

November 18, 2005 02:02 PM | Link to this

I would be happy to come back to Tech once I have finished the work on my third post-graduate degree.

By Patriot

November 18, 2005 02:04 PM | Link to this

I think it is time that the country comes to the defense of its students and great institution of learning—I just don’t know if South Korea can get here in time.

By TheTruth

November 18, 2005 02:04 PM | Link to this

Good idea Advocate. Maybe they could also let them see a game from those empty yellow seats right in the middle of the stadium that all those “Tech big money boys” don’t ever use. I think that would be a nice gesture as well. After all Tech does need some good PR.

By mike

November 18, 2005 02:04 PM | Link to this

HEY TRUTH- THINK OF IT THIS WAY. I’M JUST GLAD WE HAD THE SELLER AND NOT THE USERS.

By TechMan

November 18, 2005 02:08 PM | Link to this

I just want to know if I will get my money back from the NCAA since I paid for something that never existed.

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 02:09 PM | Link to this

PATRIOT…I think China has a quick reaction force…or QRF…maybe they could get some troops to the Joke by Coke in time?

By AmyVanderbilt

November 18, 2005 02:11 PM | Link to this

Mike! Yelling on the computer again? What are you slobbering on this time? You’ve had plenty of time to finish that Happy Meal.

By mike

November 18, 2005 02:12 PM | Link to this

ALL OF YOU IDIOT GEORGIA FANS ARE QUICK TO DISMISS THE PAST AND SAY “WELL RICHT IS HERE NOW.” BUT YET YOU THINK 1980 WAS LAST WEEK???? HOW CAN THAT BE? IF YOU ARE TRUELY LIVING IN THE HERE AND NOW, WHY DON’T YOU GO AHEAD AND ADMIT THAT THE SEC IS NOT WHAT IT WAS EVEN 5 YEARS AGO. GET A LIFE AND A MORE CURRENT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

By mike

November 18, 2005 02:14 PM | Link to this

AMYVANDERBILT- IF VANDERBILT ACTUALLY HAD A FOOTBALL TEAM, I WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO DEBATE WITH YOU.

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 02:16 PM | Link to this

MIKE MIKE MIKE…calm down my ninja son…It is not OUR fault you nerds finish 6-5 or worse each year…we are ONLY responsible for one of your losses each year. You should spread your hostility among all your foes in the true asian warrior fashion… my son. 6:09…15 in a row….spike it! spike it! spike it!

By mike

November 18, 2005 02:18 PM | Link to this

I WILL REQUEST THAT ALL OF YOU UGAS START ADRESSING US TECH PEOPLE AS SIR, JUST AS YOU HAVE TO DO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AT WORK.

By GADAWG

November 18, 2005 02:20 PM | Link to this

GATECH IS CHEATERS

By GADAWGS

November 18, 2005 02:25 PM | Link to this

WHY WANT TECH PLAY GASOUTHREN IN FOOTBALL SCARED THEY WOULD BEAT YALL LIKE THE DAWGS DO ALL THE TIME

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 02:30 PM | Link to this

Because Southern would prefer a tougher foe than Tech…someone like Wake Forest maybe?

By mike

November 18, 2005 02:32 PM | Link to this

GADAWG- CALL ME SIR, AND THANK YOU FOR PROVING MY LAST POINT.

By Godogssicem

November 18, 2005 02:32 PM | Link to this

And one for the road…. “Dis wuz a great win fo duh state of Atlanta.” -Tech QB Joe Hamilton

By Crosby

November 18, 2005 02:33 PM | Link to this

I was out of the country for the past week. So what’s been going on with my good old Yellow Jackets? Anything new or interesting happen?

By wes

November 18, 2005 02:36 PM | Link to this

“GADAWGS”…are you for real? I’ve seen your sort..toothelss, uneducated & dumb, but I’m guessing…just guessing you’re a Tech fan in disguise. But seriously, if you, “GADAWGS”, truly are a uga fan, kinda makes me feel better about this whole mess of a week.

By Crosby

November 18, 2005 02:37 PM | Link to this

You know it’s really sad that all of these years I took grief from UGA fans and defended Tech. Any realistic Tech fan knows that UGA’s football program is a notch above ours. However, none of us would ever admit it to them. We take up for out team and cheer them on. However, Braine this week basically says we’ve been wasting our time. I will never again defend GT or argue with any UGA fan when it comes to football. Words can not describe how much I despise of David Braine and hope for his quick retirement. To Hell with Braine.

By Ebeneezer Scrooge

November 18, 2005 02:39 PM | Link to this

Mike, you moron. Get to your cubicle before someone that really is a boss whacks your little fingers with a ruler.

By mike

November 18, 2005 02:41 PM | Link to this

ALL OF YOU DAWG FANS CAN FINALLY SLEEP AT NIGHT NOW, SINCE THE JASPER SANKS FUMBLE NEVER “ACTUALLY” HAPPENED.

By CMR

November 18, 2005 02:56 PM | Link to this

And while all the Dawgs sleep contentedly you techies can agonize over what excuses for losing to use next. Of course as sure as the sun rises in the east the next one is going to be that you are on probation. But at least that one is legit. Unlike the one to do with your superior academics and your dilligent student athletes and the calculus most of them never took.

By AJ

November 18, 2005 02:58 PM | Link to this

How funny. Tech fans making fun of UGA because of our players. At least ours are eligible. It is even more pathetic that they still get their butts kicked while using ineligible players. At then Gailey gets an extension?? Wow!! Who is running the ship over there. Tech may be an institution of high SAT scores but they are bottom feeders on the application of common sense.

By Biff

November 18, 2005 02:58 PM | Link to this

Not that reality matters too much in these “discussions”, but, as a matter of perspective, US News ranks Tech 9th, UGA 19th, of all public universities in the US. Both are very good schools, academically.

Interestingly, Cal is #1. They do a pretty good job with football. Virginia, UNC, and Michigan (!) are in the top 5. Michigan manages a pretty good football team. I’m sure there are a lot of ways to evaluate universities, and this is just one, but kind of interesting.

here is the link if anyone is interested

By Joker

November 18, 2005 03:01 PM | Link to this

It is so funny to read all of the Georgia people responding to this penalty issue. It’s as though Georgia people do not have a life. Let’s see, I could utilize my time supporting my own team, or, I could get on a Tech site and bug GT Fans about their issues. This evidently mirrors their own life. Spend more time worrying about others than their own issues.

By wes

November 18, 2005 03:14 PM | Link to this

Infractions?

You Georgia fans want to come on here, and above everything else, talk about infractions??????

Okay. Fine. Let’s talk infractions.

Here’s your list:

Nov. 14, 1978 - infractions in 1975-76, 1976-77 & 1977-78 academic years. Sept. 20, 1982 - infractions in 1981-82 Jan. 4, 1985 - infractions in 1985-86, 1986-87 May 22, 1985 - infractions in 1985 March 5, 1997 - infractions in 1993-1994, 1994-95 Aug. 5, 2004 - 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2002-2003

Here’s ours: 2006-2008

Anything else you guys want to add? Please let me know if I left anything out. Thanks!

By Caligula

November 18, 2005 03:16 PM | Link to this

No Joker it is what happens when a group of arrogant whiners who constantly scapegoated academics and calculus for losing finally get taken to the woodshed. It’s called reaping what you sow. Thanks to the NCAA the Emperor now has no clothes. Your academic excuse is now out the window like the proverbial baby with the bath water.

By GT student

November 18, 2005 03:23 PM | Link to this

Two comments. First, one reason Tech has a lower graduation rate is that many students, not athletes take five years to graduate. Players only have four years of eligibility and cant take the same rigorous schedule. Second, maybe if Tech offered similar courses to the ones UGA does, like Coaching Principles and Strategies we wouldnt have this problem.

Bonus question: How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a basketball game?

By Al Davis

November 18, 2005 03:31 PM | Link to this

Obviously Tech came up with some very creative ways to take care of some very dumb athletes. Can you spell JOE BURNS? If you were sending lots of players to the NFL early it would at least gloss over some of the cases. People that still don’t want to see it for what it was need to ask the NCAA. They’ll tell you.

By redriverrivalry05

November 18, 2005 04:08 PM | Link to this

Even though I am a Texas student, I am from the Atlanta area. I have always found this rivalry bad-mouthing to be funny, but people this is just a game and everyone makes mistakes. When we play OU we bash each other but nothing like this. Why don’t yall wait until next week to start all the bs? Don’t worry, football season is almost over. That’s fortunate for you Tech fans, but you UGA fans… sorry, opening game to next season is in about 9-10 months cause everyone knows the rest of your sports teams are too damn sorry to pay attention to.

By Al Davis

November 18, 2005 04:09 PM | Link to this

Wes, you can site infractions all day long, but even you should be able to see the irony in all this. A school that yelled long and loud about academic restraints and calculus gets nailed for 52 counts of academic fraud and lack of institutional control. But wes, there is a silver lining to this cloud. Now you can whine that your academics got you put on probation and that can be the new excuse for losing. Now that you know the truth about your academics you can use a truthful excuse for losing. Congratulations.

By joker

November 18, 2005 04:17 PM | Link to this

Caligula obviously does not have a life as he would rather beat up Tech supporters on-line versus leading a productive life. What an arrogant whiner. As far as being taken to the woodshed, I suggest you look into Georgia’s storied past. Hmmmm, see Wes’ post. How do I love thee, let me count the ways…Nov. 14, 1978 - infractions in 1975-76, 1976-77 & 1977-78 academic years. Sept. 20, 1982 - infractions in 1981-82 Jan. 4, 1985 - infractions in 1985-86, 1986-87 May 22, 1985 - infractions in 1985 March 5, 1997 - infractions in 1993-1994, 1994-95 Aug. 5, 2004 - 1998-1999, 2001-2002, 2002-2003

By Bill

November 18, 2005 04:17 PM | Link to this

To TheTruth: I am a Tech Fan. Will always be! I am trying to help the situation and not be part of the problem. I have written Dr. Clough, and I urge all Ga. Tech fans and alumni to write him and demand he fire Dave Braine. All of these indescretions took place under his watch. Tech deserves better!

By Caligula

November 18, 2005 04:31 PM | Link to this

Joker. It’s the irony. Who used academics as an excuse? Not UGA. Your academics got you put on probation. THE IRONY OF IT! I understand that your calculator can’t think this one through for you, but golly gee. Who’s on probation for academic malfeasence? TECH,that’s who.

By Charles S. Otto

November 18, 2005 08:38 PM | Link to this

BEING AN AUBURN FAN I’M NOT BIG ON GA.TECH., BUT I DON’T THINK ITS FAIR TO THE LEGITIMATE PLAYERS OF TECH. TO HAVE THE 72 GAMES VACATED BECAUSE THE COACHES PLAYED ILLEGAL PLAYERS. I THINK THE SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE TO PAY A STIFF FINE INSTEAD. OF COURSE THE VACANCY DOES HELP THE RECORD OF THE TEAMS THAT LOST TO TECH., BUT IT HURTS THOSE WHO BEAT TECH., SO WHAT IS THE FAIRNESS OF THAT? C.S. OTTO, VALLEY, AL.

By Brett

November 18, 2005 10:12 PM | Link to this

Well, maybe Tech needs to come up with some “jock majors” like UGA. Remember, the too-many-electives that Tech players were taking, the courses that got us in trouble, are core courses at UGA. If we had those jock majors, taught by Harrickesque “profs”, the NCAA would have given us their Good Housekeeping Seal.

According to the NCAA, you can run all the “football for dummies” majors you want. Just don’t let your athletes take too many crip courses while in a real major.

THAT is what bothers me the most. Hey NCAA, sportsmanship and academic integrity must be dead if you are alive. And anyone, anywhere, who “self-reports” any violations after this fiasco is a dang fool.

To put it another way, to lose integrity, you have to have had it in the first place!!!

PS: Rabies Babies, knock it off with the 51-7 jokes. It didn’t happen.

By vetteDAWG

November 18, 2005 10:15 PM | Link to this

Hey Techies ,seem’s like ya’ll are not having a good week ———— I’ve got an idea for something you can watch on TV instead of your DREADFUL football program. Turn on the Bravo Channel & watch Celebrity Poker Showdown - Phil Gordon is the host & he is a Tech Alum.He provides more entertainment than your football team.Well, got to go - heading to Athens to see the DAWGS whip Ky.Then we get to play for another CHAMPIONSHIP (3 out of the last 4 years). Is WINNING A CHAMPIONSHIP a class @ tech / must not be - if it is NO ONE has passed that class. One more thing, We do have one more HOME GAME next week @ Grant Field. C YA there ——————————

By rollingstones21

November 19, 2005 12:04 AM | Link to this

I take a side to neither team so I will agree with redriverrivalry05. It’s just a game. I have never heard of two other teams in the entire country that brag before a game then b*** after they lose. And this isn’t just when yall play each other its every game. And by the way Jasper, even though it won’t show up on record anymore you did fumble that ball hands down. But if I were in your situation with the biggest game of the year on the line, I too would say my knee hit the ground.

By GT

November 19, 2005 03:32 PM | Link to this

Does every Ga fan out there think UGA has had a perfect past? Does every Ga fan out there think about 1980 24/7? Does every Ga fan out there think the sanctions they have received from the NCAA over the years have vacated? As a reminder, please see the comments from Wes above.