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DEL.ICIO.USTech has ACC’s attention
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A few observations from speaking with Joe Anoai and Calvin Johnson this weekend at the ACC football preseason news conference:
Anoai is really excited about his senior season; not just because of the talent on the defensive line and the fact it’s his senior season but also because he finally feels healthy. He said his shoulder and ankle problems meant he was never 100 percent as a junior. He might be the only guy at Georgia Tech who took something good away from that Emerald Bowl game against Utah; the rest between the season and the bowl game allowed him to heal enough that he was able to regain much of his health, and the resulting performance inspired him by reminding him how good he could be.
Johnson continues to give the same answer to the question of what he’ll do after his junior season: “When I came here I wanted to get my degree. I still want to get my degree from Tech. That’s where I’m headed right now. We’ll see what happens at the end of the year, but that’s still where I’m going.”
I’ve been at ACC media gatherings where the Tech players sat around while reporters interviewed the stars of other teams. That wasn’t the case this year. Calvin Johnson is a big story league-wide, and Tech’s opener against Notre Dame is generating publicity, too.
Comments
By Scooter11
July 24, 2006 04:54 PM | Link to this
But the only ‘attention’ is that Calvin was voted preseason player of the year, while the TEAM only received one vote (well behind FSU, Miami, Clemson and Virginia) as league champions.
By br
July 24, 2006 06:00 PM | Link to this
Scooter,
There’s a reason they only received 1 vote. FSU, Miami, Clemson, and UVa are WORLDS better than Tech. So are VaTech and BC. Mark it down, Tech finishes 6-6 and out of a bowl or 7-5 and an annual trip to the Weedeater Bowl vs. a juggernaut like Colorado State…AND loses! Face it, Tech stinks!
By football guru
July 24, 2006 06:03 PM | Link to this
Tech has a better football team than Georgia this year.
Tech’s great publicity has paid off already.
Tech will sign a better class than Georgia this year… Not to mention we’re a lot smarter.
By StingerSplash
July 24, 2006 06:05 PM | Link to this
How good could Calvin Johnson be if the Jackets actually had a QB and a gameplan to get him the ball?
By Davey
July 24, 2006 06:10 PM | Link to this
If clemson and virgina do better then tech i will kill myself. Especially when they have already lost there QB’s. I hopo you mean VT but in that case i still think that it will be an off year for VT. The only team really that seems to oppose GT is miami and this year we will have homefeild adv. to beat them. I think if tech can go 5-3 in the acc they still might have a chance to go to the championship game. Best case scenario though is that we go 6-2. Now I’m not sure why all these Georgia fans think we will be going 6-6. Are they saying were going to be going 4-4 on a down year in the acc. When last year was possible the most talented the acc has been in a very long time. Don’t see how we woud have 6-6 record especially with troy and samford on our schedule. Oh well im sure the ugay fans will have all the answers.
By Go Jackets
July 24, 2006 06:26 PM | Link to this
Scooter and br, where did you guys get UVA as being ahead of Tech. UVA finished behind Tech in overall votes without any votes to win the division. It’s also funny, br, that we went 2-1 against the teams you listed as being WORLDS better than Tech. You also got the team we played in the Emerald Bowl wrong (Utah, not Colorado State) and we lost because the field conditions were so p**s poor.
We’ve got almost all of our Offense coming back and much of our defense. Virginia Tech lost many high draft picks on defense, most of their OL and the convict Marcus Vick. Mark it down, Miami and GT will be the ones battling out for Jacksonville.
By DecaturTechFan
July 24, 2006 06:47 PM | Link to this
Okay guys….time to rally. Go to the article on the demi-god known as Richt by Mark Bradley and give the dawg lovers a few bad comments. Those rednecks tilt faster than a first time poker player. Have fun! Go Jackets!!!!
By br
July 24, 2006 07:13 PM | Link to this
Guys, come on, the ACC sucks in football! SEC is #1, Big 10 is #2, Big 12 #3, then ACC comes somewhere after that. Let’s see, in last year’s bowl games Miami got waxed by LSU, FSU lost to Penn State in darn-near their own backyard, Tech got beat down by Utah, etc, etc. I’ll give you guys FSU and Miami, and sometimes VaTech (all teams you had to BEG to join your pathetic conference!), but all the others are average at best. SEC is loaded with UGA, Fla, Auburn, Bama, LSU, Tenn, and now SCar. Big Ten has Michigan, OSU, Iowa, Wisconsin, Penn State, Big 12 has Texas, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Nebraska. No comparison!
By Robert
July 24, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this
br, Your ignorance is astounding. Learn something about college football before you post, again.
By Titus
July 24, 2006 11:02 PM | Link to this
br…What time are you due back at Boys town? Run along now…
By GINGER
July 24, 2006 11:02 PM | Link to this
TECH WILL DO A VERY GOOD JOB THIS YEAR AND WITH BALL AND HE WILL BE THROWING TO CJ MORE AND WE ARE GOING TO PRAY FOR THIS AND THEIR SUCCESS OKAY
LOVE TO ALL AND GO JACKETS WE LOVE YOU ALL DO YOUR THING REGGIE, LET THEM SEE YOU CAN THROW TO CJ AND WILL
GOD BLESS A GREAT FAN
By Chantastic
July 24, 2006 11:48 PM | Link to this
The only thing that gets Tech noticed on a football field is their urine colored uniforms to match their on-field poor performance. Your overrated CJ will be gone after this year. Unfortunately for the opposing teams RB will be also. But the Chan Man will remain to lead Tech to another spectacular year of 7 wins. And for those nerds claiming Tech’s recruiting class will be better check back on Signing Day.
By Ty
July 25, 2006 12:08 AM | Link to this
Bottom line….the recruiting class is the best (so far) that the Flats will see in the Gailey era….a 4th year quarterback….best player in the ACC….and an experience-laden team.
Thus, if this gang doesn’t go at least 9-3 heading to a significant bowl, there’s only one element left to question. And that is the element that’s been questioned for several years now…you know what I mean.
That said, I’ll begin the season ‘cautiously optimistic’. Otherwise, I’ll have to lump the ‘Coach’ in the grouping with that Bulldawg ‘legend’ Ray Goff (as the drunken UGA fan said after another hearbreaking loss at Auburn….He’s a NICE guy…He JUST CAIN’T COACH!!)
By Davey
July 25, 2006 01:50 AM | Link to this
Wow chantastic do you acutally have any inside info about the recruits we should kno. Outside of the fact you don’t like tech why should anyone belive u. If you do have any info why don’t you share it with the entire blog. Also what type of p**s r u taking. Pretty disgustin if gold. Never heard a georgia fan ever bash tech on their jerseys. I for one like techs jersey and i also likes georgias jerseys. Honestly i like the whole rivalry and would enjoy it if tech could get better talent to compete agianst ugay. Also first uga fan to state CJ is overated. How can you even say that hes overated with that catch in the endzone against georgia last year. Truly just some ignorant ugay fan that just doesn’t like tech and has zero backup for anything he says.
Also br how can u say the acc suks. Third best team in the big 12 texas tech. Big ten had a fluke year last year. Sec is still the best but it fuctuates throughout the years. Bottom line ACC had 56 players drafted last year by far more then any other conference. Bottomline ACC is most def a power conference with surplus talent.
Rudy was offsides!!!!!!!
By br
July 25, 2006 08:28 AM | Link to this
Robert,
FACTS are FACTS! UGA has OWNED Tech for the past 10-15 years. When was the last time Tech beat FSU? Oh yeah, NEVER! Yes, Tech beat Miami last year, but it probably won’t happen again for 25 years. Outside of Miami and FSU, name another team from the ACC that’s perennially ranked in the Top 25. OK, VaTech and BC have been lately but they are hardly there EVERY year. And again, what’s the common thread from all 4 of those teams? They were all begged by the ACC to join so they could TRY to make it a battle against the far superior SEC. Well, we saw what happened to the “supposed” power Miami against LSU didn’t we? How’s 40-3 strike you? VaTech was supposed to be your “savior” last year until they vanished like a fart in the wind. Well, they redeemed themselves with a nice yawner over Louisville, with a little help from Marcus Vick stomping on the leg of Dumervil, who was all over Vick at the time. Please, if this were basketball I’d give you your props, but this is FOOTBALL where SEC rules the land! FACTS are FACTS!
By Scooter11
July 25, 2006 08:41 AM | Link to this
Meant Virginia Tech earlier. Sorry.
By greg
July 25, 2006 08:43 AM | Link to this
BR..LOL!!!!TECH FOOTBALL DESERVES DECENT RECRUITS EVERY 30 YEARS..GO JACKETS GET BACK TO THE CHAMPS BOWL THIS YEAR!!!
By br
July 25, 2006 08:55 AM | Link to this
Davey,
Fluke year for the Big Ten? uh, NO! Every year Michigan, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin, and either Penn State or Purdue plus Minnesota for the past 4 years reside in the Top 25. Also, check head to head meetings, Big Ten OWNS you…look it up! Yes, Big 12 had a down year last year, mostly because Texas was insanely dominant, but believe me, Texas Tech is a power. Nebraska is back and Colorado is almost always near or in the Top 25 and Oklahoma always has a spot in the Top 25. Yes, FSU and Miami are always in there and lately BC and VaTech have been there too, but all the “original” ACC members are mediocre at best or just flat-out lousy. Nice talking with you Davey!
By mc
July 25, 2006 08:58 AM | Link to this
By Robert
July 24, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this
br, Your ignorance is astounding. Learn something about college football before you post, again.
Well, I guess ole Bobby knows more about college football than all those experts that year in and year out classify the SEC as the BEST conference in the land, and the SEC East as the TOUGHEST division in college football. Dream on Bobby. The ACC still has a long way to go.
By jackets fan
July 25, 2006 09:11 AM | Link to this
I don’t want to hear any sh*t from UGA fans about losing our bowl game. Hello, UGA got their a*******es handed to them in what was essentially a home game. Hell, they got to play two straight games in the Dome. I’d like to see UGA play a game in a time zone other than the Eastern Time Zone and then come and talk about how easy winning is. Everybody knows how close UGA has come to losing to Tech the last two years. But the final score is only important to UGA fans when it’s a blowout and they’ll quote the score for 20 years, much like they always say “Herschel Walker” when they have nothing better to say. I’ll admit we got our rearends beat by Utah, plain and simple. We played like we weren’t happy to be there and Utah was glad to be in a bowl. But talk to a UGA fan about the Sugar and they’ll always say “if we had one more quarter we were coming back.” Why is it okay for UGA fans to micro-analyze their losses like that, but when it’s the UGA-Tech game, it’s always “we won, the score didn’t matter, we won. it wasn’t that close. we won.” All I’ll say is for two straight years, Tech has had the ball late in the 4th quarter, driving into UGA territory with a chance to win the game outright. And I’ll take that again this year, because each time was a little closer and Ball has those experiences in his mind to use in his favor. This time I believe he’ll get it done.
By mc
July 25, 2006 09:16 AM | Link to this
It’s hard to get up for a second rate team like Tech. As for Reggie Ball…LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL. As long as Reggie is under center Tech will continue to swirl around the toilet bowls.
By greg
July 25, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this
ha jackets fan..57-36-5 buddy..
By Amelia
July 25, 2006 09:34 AM | Link to this
I won’t pretend to know alot about football. But I am a psychologist. And after watching the last few Tech-UGA games, it is apparent to me that Reggie Ball does not have the mental poise to play that position. Opponents take him out of the game early with their mouths and you can take it to the bank, the first time you see Reggies jaws jacking, he’s done. Contrast that with David Greene and D.J. Shockley’s on field presence. No talk, head in the game, and poised. Tech’s coaching staff has failed with Reggie Ball. He would not last for 1 minute with Mark Richt with that childish, gangsta behavior.
By br
July 25, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this
jackets fan,
Big difference, UGA lost by only 3 points. Yes, the loss was disheartening but at least they got up off the mat and gave them a run for the money. What did Tech do? Complained all week about not going to a better bowl, even though UVa beat them, went out and got annhilated by a much more inferior Utah team, w/o Urban myth and Alex Smith. Nice tank job there guys!
Oh, and start heeding your own advice idiot! You lecture UGA fans on how to not micro-analyze this and that and to take a look at the scoreboard but here you are doing the same thing about your little insects! Here you are whining about Tech having the ball late in the 4th qtr. against UGA and if you only had a few more minutes, yada, yada, yada. Sound a little like the pot calling the kettle black, don’t you think?!
By mc
July 25, 2006 09:49 AM | Link to this
UGA 51-Tech 7. VaTech 51-Tech 7. Tech gets down 28 and they lose by 40+. You want to know the difference in Tech and UGA? That’s it in a nutshell. Tech quits. UGA doesn’t. Has something to do with coaching and character.
By Cliff
July 25, 2006 09:55 AM | Link to this
Hey Robert remeber the so called preseason #1 Auburn Tigers a couple of years ago? Tech shut down Cadilac and the rest of the little tiges not once but twice. You are the typical Georgia fan that runs his mouth about something he knows nothing about. Tech goes out and plays Auburn, Notre Dame and others out of confrence. Who does Georgia ever play? Maybe you should stick to something you know like Trailer Park management 101. Go Jackets
By mountain fan
July 25, 2006 10:02 AM | Link to this
WV let up!
By John
July 25, 2006 10:06 AM | Link to this
Cliff,
Speaking of Trailer Park Management, maybe you should go back to remedial writing. Learn how to spell before you run your mouth. When UGA has to waste a non-conference game on Tech every year, it limits the number of other games we can schedule. Not to mention, we cannot play UNC, Wake Forest and Duke every year.
By godawg
July 25, 2006 10:11 AM | Link to this
Calvin Johnson Named ACC Pre-Season Excuse Maker of the Year
By AC
July 25, 2006 10:25 AM | Link to this
Look, as long as UGA is allowed to recruit the state prison system for their yearly crop of “blue-chippers,” they’ll probably have winning football teams. It matters not if their recruits can read, write, or add and subtract. What matters to the coaching staff is that they quit getting caught by the police! Every once in a while a Tech player gets busted doing something stupid (i.e. - R. Houston)… every other week a UGA player gets busted!!!
By Mike D.
July 25, 2006 10:32 AM | Link to this
Academically, the dawgs will go 0 and 10, while the Jackets go 9 and 1, maybe 10 and 0.
By Cliff
July 25, 2006 10:36 AM | Link to this
Sorry about the spelling, that must have come from the two quarters that I spent partying at Georgia in 96. I guess you’re right you don’t get to play UNC,Duke, and Wake every year, But you do get the honor of playing Kentucky, Ole Miss, Miss ST and oh yes the ever powerful Vanderbelt. We play UNC,Duke,and Wake for the trade-off of getting to play three teams that are in the top ten in Basketball every year. With the exception of Kentucky, can you say the same? Looks like another mutt that didn’t do his homework
By br
July 25, 2006 10:45 AM | Link to this
Uh, news flash there Cliffy, this is FOOTBALL not basketball! By the way, UGA doesn’t play Ole Miss and Miss State every year…they are in the SEC West. Get your facts straight idiot!
By greg
July 25, 2006 11:04 AM | Link to this
GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL..PARKING $5..TECH FAN ARGUING THAT THEY ARE FOOTBALL WORTHY WITH A UGA FAN AND ALWAYS THROWING IN ACADEMICS..PRICELESS!!!!
By godawg
July 25, 2006 11:07 AM | Link to this
Talk about excuse makers…the last three posters used all the same old tired stereotypical excuses we always hear from fams of GIT…
UGA is a bunch of thugs, gangstas, prisoners yada, yada, yada. Be truthful, these kids aren’t violent criminals, they’re kids who, for the most part, get in trouble for misdemeanor alcohol violations in a party town. It ain’t that suprising and it doesn’t happen “every other week” and they are disciplined.
Academics…”We at Georgia Tech are sooo muuuuch smmmarter that you leghumpers.” Puleze. Average GPA of incoming freshman for 2005 school year: 3.74. % of incoming freshman in top 10% of class rank: 74%. Average SAT score of incoming freshman for 2005 school year: 1242. Average ACT score: 27. These kids are no dummies, nor are Tech’s. There are tough classes at both schools and degrees from each can get you a good job.
Point out the weak sisters we each have our respective conferences and compare them using their basketball teams as a measuring stick. Yeah, yeah, the ACC is a basketball conference, we get it. Funny how that excuse loses legs when you lose to us “mutts”.
Please try to come up with some new “reasons” for your poor performances on the football field. The old ones are just plain, well, old.
By Ramblor
July 25, 2006 11:21 AM | Link to this
Is it just me, or have the UGAg losers really started to post more and more on here lately. Seems to me that whenever Tech gets a little positive publicity (recruiting) that the insecurity of the mutts really comes out. If Tech doesn’t matter to you guys, if Tech is just some scrub team that you are forced to schedule, then why oh why are you on this blog. We all know the truth. You guys can’t stand for anything good to happen at Tech and when it does, you panties get in a wad. Look, we all know that UGA is going to have a better recruiting class than Tech, but this is one of the best ones that Tech has had in a long time, so please excuse the excitement. God for bid someone else in the world of football had some positive news without some UGAg fan saying “Well, we’re better than you”, or “my team can spit further than your team”. Please, get over yourselves, mutts. In case you don’t know, the National Championship doesn’t run through Athens and it hasn’t for a long long long time. It may never again. How about that? With all the 4 and 5 star recruits you’ve gotten over the last 5 years, how much closer are you to the NC. None!! So, keep up the bashing and whining and complaining. It is very entertaining and even more evidence of how insecure you truly are.
By mc
July 25, 2006 11:44 AM | Link to this
Why don’t you nerds just convert Grants Tomb into an amphitheater and hold Techademic meets. They would probably be livlier than the tech “faithful” at a football game. Since you are so disadvantaged just give up football and find something that you can be competitive at. Cause mites. Football ain’t it.
By Robert
July 25, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this
br, Educate thyself….
I had posted a great post to teach you stuff, but for some reason ajc did not post it on blog - maybe too long.
Anyways, go to: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/fbc05.htm
You will see for 2005 what conference overall was strongest. You can also search their archives for other years as well - you will find that the ACC is, year in and year out - #1 or #2 in football. Poor SEC is usually around #4.
By godawg
July 25, 2006 11:52 AM | Link to this
Ramblor, I, like many dawg fans, visit and read ya’lls blog to see what’s happening in bugland. I try to refrain from posting here but sometimes get sucked in by posts such as this one that appears above:
By DecaturTechFan
July 24, 2006 06:47 PM | Link to this
Okay guys….time to rally. Go to the article on the demi-god known as Richt by Mark Bradley and give the dawg lovers a few bad comments. Those rednecks tilt faster than a first time poker player. Have fun! Go Jackets!!!!
And by moronic posts such as those just issued by AC, MikeD and Cliff.
I’ll try to exercise more self-control.
BTW, many of us ‘humpers truly congratulate the Tech coaching staff for the great year ya’ll are having recruitiing. I, for one, would rather some of these guys go to Tech than to AwDarn, the Crocs, or the Hillbillys. I would like also for the rivalry to become more competitive. A matchup at season’s end between the potential SEC and ACC champions would have a HUGE draw. Oh yeah, PLEASE BEAT THE IRISH. I hate those b*stards. Thanks. Out.
By Ramblor
July 25, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this
godawg, I agree. I get sucked in too by morons like br and greg. You can’t reason with an idiot, and they are living proof.
Anyway, I think the Tech/UGA game has some great potential over the next few years. This past game was evidence of that in my opinion. If the game remains close like it was in 2005, then Tech will pull a few of them out. I do agree with mc above about Tech having a tendency to give up when they get down and UGA never seems to give up. It definitely says a lot about coaching. Maybe, just maybe, Tech can overcome that, but it will be hard when it starts from the top of the organization. Hopefully, Dan Radakovich can turn that attitude around. I believe he can and will do a better job than Dave Braine or any of the other ADs they were interviewing. Obviously, only time will tell, but I think the games between Tech and UGA will be close for a while.
By greg
July 25, 2006 12:22 PM | Link to this
ramblor…57-36-5….just like the south carolina series that uga leads like 43-13..it’s hard for uga to get up for so-called rivalry games.sometimes the games are close to give small time football teams a little hope.GO JACKETS!!!!!!
By br
July 25, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this
Robert,
All that matters is head to head. SEC and Big Ten OWN the ACC. Plus you have to take in account that BC, Miami, and VaTech before 2005 don’t count, just like FSU before 1992 doesn’t count, same as Penn State before 1993. Look up the numbers yourself, proof is in the pudding! SEC and Big Ten are and ALWAYS will be better…those are the FACTS! Head to head is all that matters!
By Ramblor
July 25, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this
Funny how you say that it’s not a rivalry in this day and time, then you bring up the series record for games that happened some 85 years ago. Well, greg, you may be in denial, but I can tell you that all of my family members that are UGA fans consider it a rivalry as do a lot of others. Fortunately, your opinion alone doesn’t make it a non-rivalry. But, I can see your point. I bet Florida doesn’t consider you guys much of a rivalry either. Especially over the last decade and a half. They have the bigger Florida schools to worry about. Sure, you may have the series lead over them too, so congrats. Maybe 20 years ago it was a rivalry, but not these days. So, yeah, good point.
By Robert
July 25, 2006 01:23 PM | Link to this
br,
You are so very typical of those stupid UGAG fans that refuse to look at the true facts and stats. Your OPINION is correct and yet anything else and everyone else is wrong.
First, I would disagree that “head to head” match ups is ALL that matters. You know as well as anyone (I may be wrong there) that season schedules are made years in advance. This may lead to “head to head” match up of a #1 team in one conference with a #8 team in another conference. Is that really a true measure to compare conferences? I would hope that you say no, but then again….
Since ajc doesn’t like my long posts, I continue on the next.
By Robert
July 25, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this
br,
To continue….
Second, to measure the strength of a conference, one must measure the ENTIRE conference from top to bottom. You cannot pick and chose certain teams or certain games to judge the strength of a conference.
This is where the link that I showed you comes in. It measures every game of every team of every conference. Only that is a true measure of a conference.
I will continue….
By Ramblor
July 25, 2006 01:27 PM | Link to this
Secondly, greg, based on your opinion, what defines a rivalry? Is it stricly the series record? Because that is the only evidence you have provided, besides your opinion, which amounts to nothing. Is the series record the only thing that defines a rivalry. Well, then, who are UGA’s rivals? Certainly not Florida, because you have an even larger lead over them than you do over Tech. Not Alabama, because your record against them isn’t that good. But, maybe it’s Auburn or Tennessee since your win/loss record with each of them is pretty close. So, ok, greg, based on the evidence that you use, only Tennessee and Auburn are UGA’s rivals. Thanks, greg.
OR, greg, could there be more to it??? Maybe a little bit of emotion, a little bit of bragging rights with your neighbor, maybe some sort of title on the line (even if it is the “state championship”, which I have heard plenty of UGA fans brag about), and maybe a touch of many other things. Bottom line, greg, you need to expand you view on things and quit being so narrow minded. Rivalries are good for the sport, so if you go around and claim that “NOBODY IS GOOD ENOUGH TO BE OUR RIVAL”, then you only hurt your team and make yourself look like an idiot. But, I suspect that deep down inside you know the truth and that is what drives you to post on this blog. Thanks, greg. I look forward to many more postings between the two of us. Of course, if Tech isn’t a rivalry, I would expect you to move on somewhere else, but we all know that won’t happen and we all know why.
By Robert
July 25, 2006 01:29 PM | Link to this
br,
To continue…
So, conference X may not be top heavy (strong top teams) and yet be a strong overall conference because their bottom teams are strong compared to other conference bottom teams. This is perfectly valid because a conference really does consist of ALL teams, not just the top few.
All things considered, regardless of your opinion or what you chose to believe, the ACC is a superior football conference compared to the SEC. And, the ACC is regularly ranked #1 or #2 over the past 10 to 15 years - even before VA Tech, BC, or Miami joined. I showed you link where you can look it up in the archives, yourself. But somehow I doubt that you will and you will chose to remain ignorant so that you can live in your imaginary world.
By Ramblor
July 25, 2006 01:33 PM | Link to this
Thirdly, greg, the series record that you posted between Tech and UGA is wrong. It is actually 53-37-5. So the 21 game lead that you fabricated is all of a sudden down to 16. That is a huge difference. I’ll actually provide a link to the facts so you can see for yourself. Just trying to keep you honest there, greg. You are dangerous with the “facts” that you have. Or, maybe you’re just a liar that will do anything to prove his point.
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=2005&team1=Georgia&team2=Georgia+Tech
By Robert
July 25, 2006 01:36 PM | Link to this
Ramblor,
Ever notice how often we, Tech fans, are having to educate UGAG fans on football? We should charge for our services!
By br
July 25, 2006 01:48 PM | Link to this
Robert,
OK, enlighten me as to measure the ENTIRE conferences from top to bottom. Here I go: ACC (Miami, FSU are legit, VaTech and BC are good, Tech, Clemson, UVa are average, NC State, UNC, Maryland are decent every once in awhile, WF and Duke are rotton) Big Ten (Michigan, OSU, Iowa are legit, Wisconsin and PSU are good, Minnesota, Purdue, and Mich St are avearge, N’Western is decent every once in awhile, Illinois and Ind. are rotton) SEC (UGA, Auburn, Fla, LSU are legit, Tenn and Bama are good, SCar and Ark are average, Ole Miss is decent every once in awhile, Miss St, Kentucky, and Vandy are rotton) Big 12 (Texas and Oklahoma are legit, TTech and Nebraska are good, Colorado, KState, A&M and Iowa St are average, Missouri and Kansas are decent every once in awhile, OSU and Baylor are rotton). Basically, the SEC has 4 legits, Big Ten 3, and then Big 12 and ACC with 2 each.
By greg
July 25, 2006 01:50 PM | Link to this
sorry ramblor..i was in the can..57-36-5..
By Robert
July 25, 2006 02:12 PM | Link to this
br,
Again, you try to justify your OPINION with your OPINION. Don’t u see anything wrong with that????
Why can’t you just face the truth? Look at the hard numbers and face them. They are right there, online, for you to see. Come to the light!
I think that the mistake that I am making here is trying to rationalize with a UGAG mutt. Just go on with your life. Attend games mindlessly and “believe” whatever you want while you bark like a dog and look/sound like a fool.
By Numbers
July 25, 2006 02:16 PM | Link to this
Robert, Enlighten us as to how Tech is 36-27 over the past five years while UGA is 52-13 in that same time span…and you nerds still claim that you have to educate us on football. Get Real!
By Robert
July 25, 2006 02:25 PM | Link to this
Numbers -
Huh?? Since when does a team win/loss record correlate at all with the fans knowledge of college football?
Wow - what are they teaching over there at UGAG?
By Ramblor
July 25, 2006 02:36 PM | Link to this
Hey, br, check out this link. It provides some good stats over the last 10 years. Good point you made about the ACC teams, huh?
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/calc-wp.pl?start=1996&end=2005&rpct=30&min=5&c1a=on&by=Win+Pct
By Numbers & Facts
July 25, 2006 02:42 PM | Link to this
According to the Princeton Review, you nerds are too socially inept to worry about football. This is actually posted on the Princeton Review
What Georgia Tech Students Say About…
Student Body Because of the heavy workload at Georgia Tech, most students are “overly stressed, worried about tomorrow’s test, and driven by the desire for the degree. This student has only minimal time for social functions.” Which is just as well, since “many lack basic social skills.” They’re the type of folks who “make fun of TV shows or movies that violate basic rules of physics. It’s sort of dweeby, but in a good way.” Observes one engineer, “There is a sizable population of people who are so weird that you can tell their major by the way they walk (e.g., CS [computer science] majors walk like they are uncoordinated).” Tech is home to “large populations of foreign students, especially from India and China.”
By George P. Burdell
July 25, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this
br you proved the point Robert is trying to make. If you look at the win/loss percentage for every breakdown of teams YOU provided, the ACC has a higher winning percentage over the past 5 years than the comparable SEC group. The ACC’s are 76.98, 70.87, 58.82, 56.28, and 30.43 respectively. By comparison, the SEC’s are 74.90, 64.80, 55.00, 52.54 and 26.32.
It is clear that teams with similar performance are put in a higher category if they are in the SEC as compared to the ACC. When that nasty business of actual results on the field gets in the way, the facts just don’t hold up to the scrutiny.
By Robert
July 25, 2006 02:55 PM | Link to this
Numbers&Facts,
LOL. What you post is something that Tech students and graduates are PROUD of! Did you really think that posting it on the Tech blog would be a ‘bad’ thing?
Only UGAG students and graduates would think that academic rigor is a bad thing! LOL!!!
By George is a Nerd
July 25, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this
You’re right George, the ACC is better. Although UGA has not lost to an ACC opponent since 2000 (the last time Tech beat UGA).
By Facts
July 25, 2006 03:02 PM | Link to this
Robert, Tech is proud that “many (Tech students)lack basic social skills.” That is hilarious. I’ll bet you are writing from your mother’s basement right now.
By Robert
July 25, 2006 03:14 PM | Link to this
Facts,
Hmmm. Maybe read my post more slowly? I said that Tech is proud of “academic rigor” - you may need to look that up.
By the way, I am writing from my penthouse condo in buckhead in Atlanta - and you?
By Robert
July 25, 2006 03:25 PM | Link to this
To: George is a Nerd
Thank you. I can respect your opinion because it is based on facts and not child-like emotions.
By Facts
July 25, 2006 03:41 PM | Link to this
Robert, The only reason you would be in a penthouse condo in Buckhead would be if you were designing a gold plated toilet for a UGA grad’s home. Although you would be using your engineering degree from Tech…
By Bill
July 25, 2006 03:41 PM | Link to this
Tech fans…please give the top 10 reasons why you will beat Notre Dame. (This should be interesting!
By greg
July 25, 2006 03:54 PM | Link to this
i can answer that one bill… 1.good academics 2.huge stadium(12th man) 3.all the top recruits we have so far this year 4.we won a national championship in 1896 and count it. 5.bill curry will be there 6.reggie ball 7.pure talent all over the field 8.mad about the loss to utah in that big bowl last year.
By reality check
July 25, 2006 04:03 PM | Link to this
Bill, one answer to your question why Tech will beat Notre Dame has already been posted - just check out the link provided by Ramblor.
Tech’s winning percentage between 1996 and 2005 is 28th best in the country at 61.475%.
Notre Dame’s winning percentage for the same time frame was 60.833%.
There are plenty of engineers on this blog who can explain to you that 61.475% is greater than 60.833%, and that is indisputable. Therefore, Tech wins.
By greg
July 25, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this
LOL!!!!!!!!!
By Davey
July 25, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this
Tech kids are not socially inept and do not have to study non stop. My older brother goes to tech and he most def has a social life like any college student. Possible to much of a social life.
Honestly who care what the acc or sec has done in the past. What really matter is the future of both conference. I would say that both partys would be very stupid not to admit that both will have good teams this year. Can we atleast let this discussion die and let the season play out.
George P Burdell is a nerd!!! Haha, can any georgia fan say who he is???
Talking to most of these fans are like talking to a lamp post. Godawg and others will say are worthy to speak to cuz you can have arguments with him and concede loss or he will beat us and his fact will be right. For the others don’t pay any attention to them.
By The Truth
July 25, 2006 04:27 PM | Link to this
George P. Burdell is a fictitious student officially enrolled at Georgia Tech in 1927 as a practical joke. He remains enrolled today. The credit for the origins of Burdell go to William Edgar “Ed” Smith, BS 1930. George P. Burdell was born when Ed received two enrollment forms for Georgia Tech. The exact origin of George Burdell’s name is still hazy, but Smith said that he originally intended to enroll his high school principal, George P. Butler. He decided against it and changed the last name to Burdell.
By Guidance
July 25, 2006 04:48 PM | Link to this
Davey, You will not be following in your brother’s footsteps with grammatical errors like those in your previous post. You better go ahead and fill out an application for Auburn. Sign up for Sociology.
By godawg
July 25, 2006 05:39 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the compliment Davey. I too, like a goodnatured sparring with someone who is knowledgable and will admit when they’re wrong. Hey, it’s a game and we’re fans. Some of ya’ll need to lighten up.
Guidance, it’s a blog (the Tech Blog at that), not the next Great American Novel. Out.
By br
July 25, 2006 05:49 PM | Link to this
All you Techies are dumber than I thought! OK Mr. reality check, your reason to why Tech will beat Notre Dame (HaHa) is because Tech has won 62% of their games in the past 10 years to ND’s 60%? Wow Mr. Wizard I am impressed…I mean never mind that ND plays the tougher (MUCH tougher) schedule than Tech does! So Tech has won 62% of their games against mainly cream-puff ACC opponents (outside of FSU, UGA and a few games vs. Auburn) which equates to, let’s see, a 7-5 record, wowee, how many useless toilet Bowls did that get you?
Oh, and Robert and Ramblor, look at last years’s bowls, you know, games that MATTER. Penn State over FSU IN FLORIDA no less, LSU in a complete @$$ whippin over Miami, GaTech @$$ whipped by a crappy Utah team. In the past 10 years, how many ACC teams have won the National Championship? 1, that’s it (FSU in 1999). In that same span, the Big Ten has won 2 (Michigan in 1997 and Ohio State in 2002), Big 12 has won 3 (Nebraska shared with Mich. in 1997, Oklahoma in 2000, and Texas in 2005), SEC has won 3 (Florida in 1996, Tenn in 1998, LSU shared with USC in 2003), Pac 10 has won 2 (USC in 2003 and 2004). Miami won in 2001, but as a member of the Big East. So there you have it…ACC has won 1 whole title while the other big conferences have won more. So go ahead and calculate the ACC’s W/L record over the past 10 years, it doesn’t do any good. Championships are what matters, and the ACC is holding up the rear with that other mighty conference, known as the Big (L)East!
By br the moron
July 25, 2006 06:35 PM | Link to this
br, just to be technical, 1 + 1 + .5 = 2.5 for the SEC. Thanks. Funny how you count LSU’s half a title and not Tech’s in 1990. Whatever supports your argument.
By Davey
July 25, 2006 06:54 PM | Link to this
Thanks godog for the backup. Jeez didn’t know that everyone here will be grading a proofreading my writings.
Once again BR the pass has no affect on what will happpen this season. Please stop giving pointless stats about conferences. Don’t really care that much about the conference except during bowl season. ACC was terrible last year during the bowls. 2 years ago they were tied for first in the bowls. Like i have said before conferences fluctuate every year. Pretty sure sec wasn’t that good last year couln’t even get enough teams to qualify. But none the less don’t care about last year only care about this year and how it will play out.
So what tech fans r going to College Gameday. I am going at like 9:40 am so i can get on some Nat TV. Look for me and my bro we r both 6 foot tall red heads.
Go Jackets!!!!!!!
By gtgirl
July 25, 2006 07:23 PM | Link to this
I know that in the football world academics don’t really matter but for those who say that GT’s team isn’t poised nor are they smart look at some easy statistics…
Our football teams average incoming GPA and SAT scores are higher than the top 25% of UGA’s incoming players GPA and SAT scores… Personally I think that is pretty important
I cherish the fact that our football team has more IQ points than teeth… just a general thought…
“If I had a daughter sir I’d dress her in white and gold, and put her on the campus to cheer the brave and bold, but if I had a son sir I tell you what he’d do he would yell TO HELL WITH GEORGIA like his daddy used to do”
By godawg
July 25, 2006 07:28 PM | Link to this
No prob Davey. I hope w/that red hair, nobody mistakes ya’ll for Irish fans. HA!
Kick some Leprechaun azz for me.(I hate those b*stards!) Thanks!
BTW, again, please ignore some of our more crass “supporters”. We question whether some of them even attended UGA (especially greg). They don’t come on our blog anymore since we ran them off by simply refusing to acknowledge their posts. (Worked for my ex-wife. HA!) Ya’ll be nice. Out.
By gtgirl
July 25, 2006 07:32 PM | Link to this
one more thought… since when was it bad to go to college to earn a degree
Numbers&Facts: “overly stressed, worried about tomorrow’s test, and driven by the desire for the degree. This student has only minimal time for social functions.” b******t…
Lets just put it this way—- theres a reason I pay 16000 a year for school, to get a Tech degree- don’t get me wrong I love football and can sit here and actually talk statistics, but I don’t pay 16000 a year for football, I pay that much to get a degree from the college ranked 9th out of all public universities in the nation- yes above precious UGAy … so when you’re going to spit out facts lets look at beginning salaries considering our average graduate makes 20% more than yours—- don’t be jelous cause you majored in agriculture and drank college away instead of doing something productive with your life
By reality check
July 25, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this
br, you are too quick for me. I was trying to bamboozle you with a simple algorithm and I can tell it just didn’t work, so I better ramp it up a notch.
My “A game” statistical model is a good deal more complicated than simple won lost averages. It would turn Sagarin pea green with envy. It is a multi variant regression analysis based on…well, I can’t give away all my secrets, but like most statistical football models it considers opponent results, returning starters, and game statistics. It is somewhat different because the analysis is on a stochastic rather than a deterministic basis. That permits forecasts in terms of a range of probable outcomes, commonly known as the angle of the dangle. If you aren’t familiar with all this, trust me it is very powerful. My model has a correlation coefficient that is unprecedented. All true Techies are in a high state of arousal when they read this.
I shall now share something that I would not if I had not taken steps to protect the following intellectual property.
The X axis is inversely related to SAT scores.
By now all Tech people are nodding in agreement and looking for their favorite inflatable doll to help them savor the moment of scientific discovery.
Since Notre Dame’s admissions requirements are higher than Tech’s, the mackerel snappers are in trouble is all I’m saying.
By Davey
July 25, 2006 08:11 PM | Link to this
gtgirl, I think i will speak for everyone here NO ONE CARES HOW MUCH YOU R PAYED. Now if have anything actually important to say about tech sports say it. No one is questioning techs academics so why r u bringing it up??? Many of those “fans” of georgia prob didn’t go there or they would kno that georgia has great academics too. The diff between tech and georgia is the student athletes have easier classes at georgia.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 25, 2006 08:18 PM | Link to this
godawg - go beat up your nutrition professor and have bail money ready for Saturday mornings in Athens so your tailbacks can play. By the way, you did a terrible job on my roses today and the mulch is uneven, and remember if it wasn’t for us Notre Dame alums, you wouldn’t have a job - we run the world.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 25, 2006 08:24 PM | Link to this
reality check - Patrick Nix vs. Charlie Weis, yeah it doesn’t take an engineer from a world renowned institution to figure out who someone would rather have calling their offensive plays. Got to watch out though because Tech could be looking ahead to that classic matchup against Samford the following week. Notre Dame only has to play Penn State followed by Michigan
By Bill
July 25, 2006 08:49 PM | Link to this
Does Georgia Tech have a chance of stopping the poster child of Buford High, Notre Dame tailback Darius Walker?
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 25, 2006 09:23 PM | Link to this
Bill, plan on watching Darius have a MONSTER day as Tech focuses on Samardzija, McKnight, Freeman, and Reuland. He is going to have a homecoming like no other. Also, plan on the “fro” making an appearance like it did when ND traveled to Knoxville two years ago. I believe with all the hype surrounding Quinn and Samardzija - Walker will have his best year yet. Great article about Darius and his production here [http://www.blueandgold.com/content/?aid=1944]
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 25, 2006 09:24 PM | Link to this
Sorry, let me try again (http://www.blueandgold.com/content/?aid=1944)
By Davey
July 25, 2006 10:08 PM | Link to this
How about Jon Tenuta vs sucky ND cord. How about one of the best d cordinators in college vs one of the o cordinators. Sounds like it may be pretty equal. The thing that will decide the game will be if the d cord for ND can do anything or if Pat Nix can figure out how to get the ball to CJ and uses Balls running ability then we should have a good game and possible win. It should be a good game.
Also about Darius Walker well lets see. Tech is usually in the top 10 rush d-fense in the nation. So i like our odds. More concerned about the passing attack.
By reality check
July 25, 2006 11:22 PM | Link to this
Well now. PTFMWB, you seem to have bitter feelings toward godawg, a Georgia fan who is always very polite. He would never beat up anyone, much less a nutrition teacher. Godawg couldn’t possibly be your gardener. He doesn’t even live in Georgia. What happened to make you so irrational and angry? hopefully it wasn’t a football game.
To my knowledge Georgia and Notre Dame have played only once. Clearly that game still hurts you deeply, even after all these years. That is a very long time to grieve, especially something like a football game. It is one thing to be a Tech fan and suffer the indignities of losing to your bitter rival year in and year out and quite another to be hung up on a game that was lost 25 years ago.
I’m concerned for you, not just about your inability to move on after your loss, but about…well, your statement that Notre Dame grads run the world. That is on the scary side of delusional.
I was not aware that Notre Dame alums run the world, and I am pretty sure I would have noticed. Like godawg I’ve had a pretty good career. I’ve only run across a couple of Notre Dame grads and I’ve never worked for one. In fact, I’ve never worked for a company that even had Notre Dame grads in senior positions. I’m curious, what companies/institutions do Notre Dame grads run in Atlanta?
Notre Dame is an excellent school, BTW. Did you go there?
By godawg
July 25, 2006 11:24 PM | Link to this
whiteboy:
(Sorry Techsters, I have been called out) Notre Dame has NOTHING to do with my employment. I AM part Irish but Lutheran by faith (we like to call it Catholic lite).
Ya’ll are nothing but a bunch of ugly green-wearing, shamrock-searching, red-headed, guilt-ridden, bead-toting AND count’in, marridge-locked-in-for life (poor b*stards), potato sandwich-eat’in SOBs. We kicked you your sorry azz last time we saw you and Tech will kick it again for THEM and for us. (Thanks guys, we owe you one)
If ya’ll knew what’s good for you, you’d STAY OUTTA THE SOUTH! Ya’ll are a noth’in but a bunch of OVERATED, OVER-HYPED, OVER-PAID MEDIA PRIMADONNAS. WE ARE OVER IT, YOU AND NBC!
Ya’ll need a serious spanking to put you in your place. Sharlie has nothing but a bunch of girlies on his squad. Chan “The Man” Gailey will eat you alive in the ATL and send pack’in to the the land of the frozen north. Good riddance to bad rubbish!
GO YOU HAIRY JACKETS!!!!
My apologies to my Tech brethern. (I HATE these guys!) Thanks for letting me vent and ya’ll’s indulgence. Out.
BTW: A little advice to the Leprechauns: After you graduate, (maybe), you will inevitably end up down here looking for a hand-out. If you want to eat, don’t tell anybody where you are from.
By Chris
July 26, 2006 06:01 AM | Link to this
Ok, so I was helping a friend at UGA register for classes last semester, and we stumbled across the History and Science of Beer course. I mean wow.
Look out for Reggie, Tashard, and Grant this year, and expect this recruiting class to lead Tech to an ACC Championship in the near future.
By mc
July 26, 2006 06:48 AM | Link to this
You got that right Chris. Look out for Reggie. Make sure he knows what down it is. Put locks on his jaws, and do something about that gangsta rap that constantly plays in his head. Reggie IS a ramblin wreck. When he gets ramblin, tech gets wrecked. Yeah buddy. Look out for Reggie. LOLLOLLOL!!!!
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 06:50 AM | Link to this
Give Reggie a break. With some real coaching he could get all the way to 5th on UGA’s depth chart.
By Ramblor
July 26, 2006 06:53 AM | Link to this
godawg, not a problem man. Our blog is your blog. You’ve proven to be a classy UGA fan. Hope you feel better now.
By WFC
July 26, 2006 06:55 AM | Link to this
Let’s stay on the field. UGA with all its Parade all-americans bearly edged Tech with its “no-name” recruits the last two years. I’m proud of GT’s winning efforts against Auburn and Miami last year. Which UGA victories compare with those two road wins?
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 08:00 AM | Link to this
Lame argument WFC. It’s hard to get up for second tier competition like Tech. You guys have fallen into the La.Monroe class. UGA can go out and do everything wrong and still win against you nerds. May I remind you what happened in the first Mark Richt vs O’Liar game. You guys were pretty good and took and 18 point a#$ kickin. Take the SEC championship game for instance. LSU got anihilated and they were a far superior team to Tech. When you guys raise the quality of your team UGA will raise the level of intensity and you will probably take some pretty severe beatings.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 08:02 AM | Link to this
reality check - grew up here, graduated with an MBA from Notre Dame - godawg, I was screaming my head off for Herschel way back in the day to beat the Irish, of course I was 7 years old - lots of tongue in cheek humor in my last post to you godawg, but it got you excited and elicited some classic statements “ugly green-wearing, shamrock-searching, red-headed, guilt-ridden, bead-toting AND count’in, marridge-locked-in-for life (poor b*stards), potato sandwich-eat’in SOBs” - godawg that was so classic it is going out in an email today to all my fellow ND alums… classic man, classic. Look I’m just having fun with this, nobody get upset but keep the crazy train rolling (like godawg).
By reality check
July 26, 2006 08:10 AM | Link to this
You have raised an interesting point WFC about parade All Americans. In fact, that gets us back to the original blog topic.
I question whether being a Parade All American means very much. Over the years I’ve noticed many Parade All Americans are total busts and recruits who are unheralded turn out to be world beaters in college. That happens in the pros too, where high draft picks don’t pan out and undrafted free agents become All Pro.
In the past several years the trend has been to extend scholarship offers to younger and younger players. Both Tech and Georgia have already received committments from players who just completed their sophomore year!
I believe this trend is going to further worsen predictibility of player success.
To respond to your question about Georgia, last year Georgia was the Southeastern Conference Champion and all 10 wins were satisfying. Georgia beat down Boise State and made them look like a bad team, but Boise State still had a 9 win season. The South Carolina game is always tough. Tennessee never recovered from the whipping Georgia put on them. The SECC domination of LSU (who went on to beat Miami 40-3 in case you don’t recall) was a sight to behold. And of course it was satisfying to beat Tech. We beat the line in that game by the way. We won by 7 and the line was 4. Tech seems to have a problem with the number 4.
Stay positive and focus on beating Notre Dame. That is what the Tech football team is doing.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this
reality check - please don’t tell me Atlanta is the center of the business universe. If it is, we are all in trouble (since all the companies seem to be leaving “our universe”, but that is for another blog). However, Frank Belatti - founder and CEO of AFC Enterprises (better known as Popeye’s Chicken), and a Senior partner at King and Spalding come to mind for Atlanta. However, our current US Secretary of State and former National Security advisor, Condoleeza Rice, Richard Allen (Reagan’s National Security advisor), James Berges President Emerson Electric Co., Paul Charron President of Liz Claiborne, the Debartolo’s (49’rs), and a host of others including CEO’s of Texaco, Chiquita Brands, the COO of Applebees, the CEO of Motorola, Haggar… and don’t forget Regis and Phil Donahue (hahahah Phil, every school has one don’t they?) Plus, everyone knows that President Bartlett (West Wing) went to ND, and since most of America thinks he’s the real President anyway… So, we pretty much decide who we invade, what you wear, what you hear, how you communicate and what you eat. It’s an ND world baby and you are just living in it, SONNNNN!
By br
July 26, 2006 08:20 AM | Link to this
WFC,
Yes, those were two impressive road victories, I’ll give you that. BUT, what happened after those victories? You lost at home to NC State (terrible) and to Virginia, a more inferior Virginia at that. Think about it, win those 2 games and you are 9-2 or 9-3 and go to a much better bowl game instead of the Emerald Nuts Bowl. That’s Tech’s #1 problem, inconsistency! You want to be taken seriously as a football team? Win consistently year after year (no more losses to NC State or Duke), go to New Year’s Day bowls (meaningful ones), WIN them, THEN you will be taken seriously. Until then, NO ONE will take you seriously!
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 08:29 AM | Link to this
Alright Jackets I’ll get off of here until the next topic that concerns the upcoming game is online - just know that I am having nightmares about Calvin Johnson, what an athlete. I promise all of you, win or lose I’ll be on a blog after the game and will take my lumps like a man if ND loses. Godawg, thanks again man - my friends are cracking up.
By br
July 26, 2006 08:30 AM | Link to this
Oh yeah, and “moron” guy, the last 10 years goes back to 1996. Since when does 1990 fit in to the last 10 years? If I were to say the past 16 seasons, I would have counted Tech’s title as 1, even though they shared with Colorado. Yes, LSU shared with USC in ‘03 but it still counts as a title, no? They got the crystal football, USC won the other poll. The media determined that they both were champions, so therefore, they BOTH were champions. I don’t like it but that’s the way it is, that’s an argument for another day! Is that good enough for you?
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 09:19 AM | Link to this
You guys have arguably the best reciever in college football and can’t get him the ball because the screwBall that you have at QB can’t function at the D1 level. Poor Calvin. And nerds, he will be gone after this year. I wonder what his numbers would have been with a Greene or a Shockley. There would probably have been a Heisman in his hands or in his future. What a waste.
By reality check
July 26, 2006 09:29 AM | Link to this
I never said Atlanta is the center of the business universe whiteboy. Where did that come from?
There are close to 5 million people here though. When I called you out about what Notre Dame grads run here you can name 1 lawyer who sells chicken?
I am shocked that’s it. I’ve run across scores of people here who are successful by any standard. I figured the reason none of them were graduates of Notre Dame was I just hadn’t met them. Apparently there aren’t many here.
I stand by my earlier comment. You are delusional if you think none of us would have jobs if it weren’t for Notre Dame grads.
By greg
July 26, 2006 10:08 AM | Link to this
good job go dawg..good to be on the same team.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 10:19 AM | Link to this
only here to clarify for reality check - Frank Belatti and the Senior partner at King and Spalding are two different people, reread my post and it was confusing. And Frank sold a lot of chicken!
By Techie
July 26, 2006 11:13 AM | Link to this
PTFMWB, Do Frank Belatti and the Senior partner at K&S have a sweet Brady Quinn jersey like you?
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 11:21 AM | Link to this
“Sweet Brady Quinn” is goin to put a bigtime butt kickin on you mites in front of the whole country.
By gpburdell
July 26, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this
tech should score a lot of points against that porous ND defense. it will be a good start to a great season. go jackets!
By DawgBite@aol.com
July 26, 2006 11:43 AM | Link to this
Reggie Ball is still your QB. Score alot of points? LOLOLOL!!!
By godawg
July 26, 2006 12:21 PM | Link to this
whiteboy, Frank Belatti IS Chairman of AFC, he DID NOT found Popeye’s. Popeye’s was founded in 1972 in New Orleans by Al Copeland Sr. I believe AFC are his initials but he has long since left the business. His son, Al Jr. has Copeland Restaurants which is quite a cut above fast food. Don’t know where he went to school, probably LSWho.
Glad you and your little green friends found my tirade amusing. Now go protect your Lucky Charms, I hear there’s always someone after them.
By Davey
July 26, 2006 12:59 PM | Link to this
You make it sound like tech has never scored any points with Reggie Ball. I think everyone here will agree that If Reggie was used more correctly (not in the pocket as much) and ran more of an option tech offense would be more proficient. Possible a spread??? Rich Rodriguez???
Also tech has scored more then 30 points in game with RB. We scored 52 points in the Champs Sports Bowl (before any Georgia Fans bash the bowl it would be important for you to know that the Champs bowl is the 4th best team in the ACC) And tech stopped playing in the 3rd quarter.
I will agree that tech either shows up or throws up. They have recently been pretty good in the first game of the year. Tech beat auburn pretty soundly. I hope tech can play Notre Dame like they have played in the past first games. Never like the Irish so can only hope tech can beat them and take away all of there hype.
Go Jackets!!!!!!! Rudy Was Offsides!!!!
By Amelia
July 26, 2006 01:24 PM | Link to this
Reggie’s issues are not physical or his athleticism. Reggie Ball doesn’t have the poise. He is too hung up on trash talking with the D players. Reggie lets the opponent get in his head, gets pissed and comes apart at the seams. Reggie will single handedly lose several games for you guys year in and year out because of that one factor.
By reality check
July 26, 2006 01:24 PM | Link to this
My take on Tech/ND and why Tech could win is that Tech should have a significantly better defense and more times than not the team with the better defense wins.
Tech may be improved some on offense this year with a more experienced line and Nix calling the plays. Conservative play calling makes sense when you have a good defense. A head coach tends to have a more conservative perspective than an offensive coordinator when the defense is good. I think that’s one reason Gailey was so conservative. Offensively the player Tech is really going to miss is Bilbo. His numbers last year were significant. Johnson will be double teamed every play and Tech needs an alternative receiver.
Even though Tech has a solid chance Notre Dame should be favored. They have a terrific offense. Tech’s secondary the past few years has been one of the best in the nation and this year it is a huge question mark. Notre Dame’s passing game should have a favorable match up.
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 01:45 PM | Link to this
And the head coach tends to be conservative when Reggie Ball is his QB.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 01:49 PM | Link to this
I’m back for a minute - Techie, yes they have the jerseys and we all wear them to our secret society meeting to decide how the Dow is going to perform the next week and what gas prices are going to be. godawg, you correct me very well - i did give him the “founding” credit, I was wrong, but isn’t Al Copeland in jail? No he didn’t go to ND. When Tenuta looks at someone on the sideline and goes “What the f* was that?” ala Brock Spack and the preseason vaunted Purdue defense we embarrased on national television - don’t cry too hard. ND is going to do things Tech has never seen on this level. Techies, learn to spell Samardzija and Zbikowski, cause after they get finished, none of you are going to get any honey on your stinger.
By Davey
July 26, 2006 01:56 PM | Link to this
Thankyou dawgbit for realizing that It’s not all reggies fault but it was the coaches putting him in situations to fail. James Johnson will replace Bilbl no worries with him. Think as him as Will Glover like player. DB will be fine. DJay Jones has been preparing fros and soph year for this oppurtunity to play FS. Jamal Lewis should be playing corner but will be good enough as SS. Jahi Word-Daniel and Pat Clark should be good enough at corner. Main concern is LB and DE for me. Wilikinson and Henderson where vocal leaders for tech and will be strongly missed. Kenny Scott and Joe Anoi must step up.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 01:59 PM | Link to this
Cmon Tech fans… none of you want to take on the whole “Bill Lewis is on your sidelines and everyone knows he can’t win at Bobby Dodd…” I’m so disappointed. At least he is a former Tech coach who can tell the truth on his resume - yeah, thanks for that whole O’Leary thing, we end up with Ty Willingham - I mean ND should whip Tech just for that alone.
By greg
July 26, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this
davey is giving the champs bowl props..LOL!!!!!!!!
By dawg days at the Ted
July 26, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this
Looks like they had UGA day at Turner Field last night with all of the mullets and cut-off jean shorts.
By greg
July 26, 2006 02:13 PM | Link to this
wow davey with all that talent, i wonder why all these praade all americans are coming to tech.they’ll will never get any playing time.tech has a guy that can play corner and free safety?WOW!!!LOOK OUT FOOTBALL WORLD,TECH IS LOADED!!!
By greg
July 26, 2006 02:15 PM | Link to this
parade
By reality check
July 26, 2006 02:23 PM | Link to this
Godawg, I think I will just leave whiteboy alone with his delusions. Based on what he has written on this blog he thinks a chicken restaurant chain and a lawyer at King and Spalding control the Atlanta job market, that some guy named Bartlett is President of the United States and there is a secret society of Notre Dame grads who meet weekly to decide what the Dow and gas prices are going to be the following week.
He is also proud of Richard Allen, the guy Ronald Reagen appointed as National Security advisor in 1981. That is the same Richard Allen who was accused of accepting bribes from a Japenese journalist in November 1981 to set up an interview with Nancy Reagen and forced to resign.
He also apparently has not gotten the word that Haggar had to sell the company that bears his name and that the CEO of Motorola is Ed Zander, who never attended Notre Dame.
Bizarre. This guy is so far gone I don’t think even Nurse Cratchett can help him.
I just want all the Tech people to know none of us from the Georgia blog know anything about this guy. We didn’t put him up to any of this.
By Turner Field
July 26, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
Dawg Days at the Ted, You have UGA confused with Florida. Florida fans wear jean shorts, gold chains, tank tops and have mullets.
It would be Tech Days at the Ted if they held a Star Trek convention instead of a baseball game, nerd.
By ga_tech_92
July 26, 2006 02:34 PM | Link to this
“Even though Tech has a solid chance Notre Dame should be favored.”
I’m sure ND is favored HEAVILY. Tech has a chance, but ND has to be hugely favored. Case in point, some publications have ND ranked #1. Is GT even ranked? It will be a HUGE upset if Tech wins.
GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this
By Turner Field
July 26, 2006 02:24 PM | Link to this
Dawg Days at the Ted, You have UGA confused with Florida. Florida fans wear jean shorts, gold chains, tank tops and have mullets.
It would be Tech Days at the Ted if they held a Star Trek convention instead of a baseball game, nerd.
It could even be another front in the war on terror if techmites were involved. Osama Bin Laden would probably be posting his next tape on the jumbotron.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 02:39 PM | Link to this
reality, gee whiz man, Zander got the job that was held for years by Robert Galvin (Motorola), guess I should have named him for you, but I had to go check the site. Hahahaha… this is fun though - you don’t pick on Donahue??? You go after Richard Allen and the japanese journalist?? I just picked some of the names out of the proverbial hat for you - want to throw Billy Payne and Sonny Perdue at me?? HAhaah, how about the guy that cuts my grass (UGA class of 02)? Is this Buck Belue? Have fun losing to Florida again this year, next year, the following year… etc. The coach changes but the outcome remains the same.
By Stats
July 26, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this
PTFMWB, Get off you high horse… ND lost to every decent opponent they played last year. ND played 9 creampuff games that led to wins. Tech could have gone 9-3 with that schedule.
Also, don’t talk about UGA running off coaches. You guys kept Tyrone around for a real long time. Weis will be gone in about 3 years.
BTW, you sure have a lot of time to blog even though you and your Jersey-wearing collegues are running the world.
By Davey
July 26, 2006 02:54 PM | Link to this
ND Please shut the hell up. You guys had one good season out like 10 and now all you can do is prance around in your little shamrock incrested shoes. Shut hell up. You guys didn’t play anyone last year and almost lost to stanford. WHAT STANFORD I SAY??? ISN’T THAT THE SAME TEAM THAT LOST TO UC DAVIS. YES I SAID UC DAVIS. UC DAVIS DIDN’T EVEN HAVE A WINIING RECORD IN DIVISION 1AA. And let me tell you Michigan St was a great team, not!!! They loss 49-14 to Northwestern. AND they ended up with a losing record. You guys truly are the yankee fans of football.
Also greg im going to give props to the outback bowl cuz that has been georgia fav bowl in the last couple of years. Here i’ll take a guess and say Georgia will be in the outback bowl this year. This year though i root for Wisconson harder then ever. Ok???
Whitboy go to your own blog no one here wants to hear you name every ND alum. You should atleast be talking smack about the game but i guess you kno what will happen. TECH WILL WIN
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this
Stats - I disagree, Mich State was not a decent opponent and ND should not have lost that game. I meant FL’s coaches - Spurrier, Zook, Meyer, all they do is beat Georgia. Ty was gone in three - you think Charlie is headed to the NFL? Yes I have as many nightmares about that as I do about Calvin Johnson. Look, you hire the right Tech guys to actually do the work and UGA grads to keep up the landscaping out front, you can have plenty of time to run the world and blog.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 03:00 PM | Link to this
Davey - okay ND 49 Tech 21
Player of the game - Darius Walker I told you before, I’ll come back on here and take my lumps if ND lets me down. Don’t be looking ahead to that Samford and Troy St. game now, okay.. I don’t want it to get any uglier than it has to. I have been asked to leave your blog, and I will. This is your space. Adios.
By greg
July 26, 2006 03:02 PM | Link to this
the differece davey boy is that georgia plays on or after the new year..NOT DEC16TH..LOL!!!!!DAVEY PLEASE TELL ME MORE ABOUT TECH FOOTBALL…I NEVER KNEW TECH HAD PLAYERS THAT COULD PLAY MORE THAN ONE POSITION!!
By Stats
July 26, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
PTFMWB, The other day you indicated that you lived next to a UGA alum and a Florida alum. I can picture your neighborhood right now. You live up in Canton in a starter home with prices ranging from $90K to $110K. The Florida Alum and you graduated at the top of the class while the UGA alum actually went to Truitt McConnel and claims to have gone to UGA.
Just keep living in your fantasy world where you run the world. I hope your home appreciates $10K over the next 30 years. I already know that you are going to write back and say you have a million dollar home in the Highlands…we don’t want to hear it. We already know where you are.
By Play that funky music whiteboy
July 26, 2006 03:07 PM | Link to this
Davey - okay ND 49 Tech 21
Player of the game - Darius Walker I told you before, I’ll come back on here and take my lumps if ND lets me down. Don’t be looking ahead to that Samford and Troy St. game now, okay.. I don’t want it to get any uglier than it has to. I have been asked to leave your blog, and I will. This is your space. Adios.
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 03:08 PM | Link to this
Tech would love to upgrade to the Outback Bowl. If you mites ever get to the Outback Bowl there will be dancing in the streets and ticker tape parades. Or do you guys just love playing on a blue rug. LOLLOLLOL.
By greg
July 26, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this
LOL & DAWGBITE.
By DawgBite
July 26, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this
The season hasn’t even started yet and the mites are already developing pen@@ envy. It sure is hard being a mite isn’t it. I heard a rumor that this year with your hotdogs and coke that you will also get a dual use paper sack. You can barf in it or wear it over your head when tech gets one of those 51-7 things layed on em. Is there any truth to that?
By br
July 26, 2006 03:39 PM | Link to this
Hey Stats,
Yeah Notre Dame went 9-3 with that “lame” schedule and went to the Fiesta Bowl. Tech on the other hand with their “tough” schedule LOLOLOLOL lost at home to NC State (what were they, like 4-7?) and to Virginia? Where did that lead you? 7-5 in the Emerald Nuts bowl, that’s where! Give me a break with your stupid “tougher” schedule argument. You really ARE ignorant!
By Stats
July 26, 2006 03:44 PM | Link to this
Hey br,
I wasn’t saying Tech had a tough schedule. I was saying that a Tech team that went 7-5 in ACC play could have gone 9-3 had they played ND’s schedule last year. I don’t even like Tech, just making a point. ND think that their players and coaches can walk on water, when in reality they just play a super-soft schedule. Nothing has changed this year since they scheduled Tech first. Why not Miami, FSU, VT or any other decent team in the ACC.
By Truth
July 26, 2006 03:51 PM | Link to this
ND has GT, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, Stanford, UCLA
GT has ND, Samford, Troy, Virginia, VA Tech and Maryland.
“Super-soft”???
By br
July 26, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this
Stats,
I don’t think so! Like I said, Tech lost to sorry-@$$ NC State and a highly mediocre Virginia team. Tech would have been squashed by USC, Michigan, Tennessee, Mich St, and hell, probably even Purdue!
By br
July 26, 2006 03:57 PM | Link to this
Truth,
Yeah and that’s only 7 of their games! ND still has to play USC as well! I don’t get where these Techies think ND has a super-soft schedule, unreal huh?!
By Stats
July 26, 2006 04:00 PM | Link to this
br,
You proved my point. You think GT would have lost to the same decent opponents that ND did from last year. Only Michigan was 7-5 last year and Tennessee was 5-6 last year. I don’t think either team would have beaten Tech. Therefore, they would have had the same 9-3 record as ND. YOU PROVED MY POINT. Go take your Rocket Ismail poster off your wall and face reality. ND is not that good. They will have a tough time with Tech this year, you can count on that. AND, again, I don’t even like Tech. Mine is just an unbiased opinion.
By Glenn
July 26, 2006 05:04 PM | Link to this
For all those GT doubters when they play Notre Dame…
If you check the record books, back in the mid to late 1970’s, when Pepper Rodgers was Head Coach, Notre Dame came to Atlanta ranked in the top three, and Tech beat them without throwing a pass the entire game. Gary Lanier was QB at the time…
Finally, I would like to say that I appreciate all of your messages that are not personal attacks and insults. Being passionate about your team, any team, is great as long as you can back up what you are saying. Reasonable people can disagree, but I suggest that the unreasonable people be totally ignored. If they don’t get the reaction they are looking for, maybe that will take their pitiful lives into another blog area they can upset someone else.
By br
July 26, 2006 05:51 PM | Link to this
Stats,
I’m NOT a Notre Dame fan, but I do know they play a tough schedule. Of course all top college football teams play patsies and Notre Dame plays a few, but Tech plays Wake and Duke, which is, in essence, like playing two 1-AA teams in the same year. Yes, Stanford is a patsy, there’s no denying that, but outside of playing UGA, ND this year, FSU (which is now in a different division than Tech) and Miami, Tech’s schedule is ALOT to be desired.
Also, AT THE TIME ND played Michigan, the Wolves were still a top 10 team, Mich St AT THE TIME, was in the top 25, and AT THE TIME, Tennessee was still fighting for a bowl bid. Did those teams end up with their usual records? Heck no, but you have to look at what those teams were doing AT THE TIME, not come up with your lame-brain logic AFTER THE FACT! When Tech played NC State at home, State was downright awful AT THE TIME, and when Tech played Virginia AT THE TIME, yes UVa was fighting for a bowl, but they SHOULD have been had and Tech layed down and played lethargic. All you’re doing is speculating on what Tech “would have done IF they were playing those teams” which is illogical, boneheaded, and a copout. OK, judging by your logic, ND would have thrashed NC State and UVa IF THEY PLAYED THEM. How dumb is that? You have to look at what happened AT THE TIME of those games not make your points after the season is over.
By reality check
July 26, 2006 05:52 PM | Link to this
Gatech92, sounds like we both want tech to win and think ND should be favored. I think it is funny I apparently think it would not be as big an upset as you do. I will reiterate, the reason is on defense. Notre Dame has the better offense, clearly. That’s what media types and most fans love. Tech has a better defense. More often than not the teams with better defenses can shut down those high powered offenses and the team with the better defense tends to win.
Sure lots of media types are talking about Notre Dame being ranked high because they always do and they love offense. ND also has 9 defensive starters back, but their defense last year was terrible, giving up almost 400 yards per game! If it were anybody but Notre Dame the media would not be picking a team that gave up 400 yards a game so high.
I believe Tech was fortunate to get Auburn early in their new quarterback’s first game, but that was a legitimate win. The Miami game, Tech just plain beat them in a close game. I believe both Auburn and Miami had better teams than Notre Dame last year. If Tenuta can get some defensive backs other than Scott ready by the game Tech has a very good shot.
That is just my take. I want Tech to win, but I have no strongly held emotions about it.
By Davey
July 26, 2006 07:11 PM | Link to this
HERES THE FACTS ND HAD THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN THE NATION PRESEASON LAST YEAR BY SI. TECH HAD THE NUMBER 3 TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN THE NATION.
I think we can all agree that ND schedule wasn’t the toughest based on how the teams finished they played at the end of the year. GT was very tough and was worthy of its ranking. Auburn was very good. Miami was number 3 in the nation. VT was top 10. Clemson was top 25. Georgia was top 10.
THE TRUTH u r an idiot with your post most of those teams you listed had a losing record for ND. And all the teams for tech tech suk. Some we don’t even play (Maryland). You also left out ND Miami Georgia Clemson VT. All r great programs. Also since when did virgina become soft.
This is riduculous with these BS stats. GET THEM RIGHT. Also georgia fans the fact that u r saying that tech schedule was soft u r downgrading own team. So wait R U GUYS SAYING THAT UGAY IS SOFT.
By Bill
July 26, 2006 08:15 PM | Link to this
I still don’t see any reason to believe that Georgia Tech is more talented this season than Notre Dame. Darius Walker could realistically have 150+ yards against the Yellow Jackets. Can anyone suggest to me why I may be incorrect? I just don’t see Tech’s defense having enough muscle in the front seven.
By What's next?
July 26, 2006 08:50 PM | Link to this
dogs and Irish filling the GT blog…yuk!
Last year is gone…and the stats from last year mean little at this point.
Can hardly wait until Sep! Then we can really get into sports jabs!
By Colo
July 26, 2006 10:12 PM | Link to this
Why does Tech beat Notre Dama on Sept 2
Look for Tech to be 4-0 going into Blacksburg. If they win that game we could run the table.
By br
July 26, 2006 10:21 PM | Link to this
Colo,
Run the table? Keep dreaming! Yes, you may beat ND, but you’re sure to follow that up with a clunker…it always happens!
By Davey
July 26, 2006 11:08 PM | Link to this
You do admit BR that tech could go 4-0 though????? Like you guys said Virginia is soft. Reality though is that Virginia lost their QB and RB who both were drafted. And much of the D-Fence has disenegrated from what it was 2-3 years ago.
COLO if we do go 5-0 (most likely 4-1 or 3-2) then tech could be a contender in the acc. I hope when you mean run the table you mean win the ACC cuz if we beat miami i don’t think the ATLC div can beat tech (outside of fsu) MIAMI IS THE TEAM TO BEAT THOUGH NOT VT OR VIRGINA. Hopefully you AREN’T saying that tech will go undefeated cuz thats just crazy talk. I think you are suffering from a Preseason Hype Syndrome (PHS). It occurs when a fan looks to far up the schedule and start thinking they can go undefeated. Look things happen people get hurt teams change and improve you can’t judge a team from last year and tell what they will do this year. I say good luck to all teams this year (honestly don’t care about you but…..) hope you to do well but hopefull loss to Tech. May all your teams burn in HE11.
GOJACKETS.COM!!!!!!!!!!!
By br
July 27, 2006 08:22 AM | Link to this
Davey,
It doesn’t seem to matter what players Virginia lost. Usually after a big win, Tech plays lethargic a week or two after. Two years ago, you guys got waxed by DUKE (a team with ZERO talent), last year you lost AT HOME to NC State, a team with 3 great D-Linemen but NOTHING ELSE on offense or the rest of the defense. Also last year, you played inspired and knocked off Miami for an impressive win and looked like you were headed for a nice bowl bid, BUT the following week you put up a clunker against a very beatable Virginia team and ended up in a crappy bowl. That’s the problem with Tech, your teams are so helter-skelter it’s not even funny. Now I’m not saying you WILL beat Notre Dame (I don’t think you will, but it is possible) but if you do, rest assured you’ll lose a game you have no business losing…Duke?, Wake?, or gulp, TROY? It’s like clockwork!
By greg
July 27, 2006 09:21 AM | Link to this
TO THE GUY THAT SAID SHOCKLEY WOULD NOT MAKE THE TEAM..LOL!!!!!!!!!!ONE MORE THING A*****E,HE LEFT GEORGIA WITH 2 CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS AND 3 EASTERN DIVISION TITLES!!!!GO DAWGS!!!!
By Truth
July 27, 2006 09:23 AM | Link to this
Davey - I just listed the first six/seven games of this year’s schedule, and Tech does play Maryland on October 7th. Like I said, I only went the first few games because after that they look pretty even for scheduling (Yes Tech has Miami, ND has USC, Tech has Duke, ND has Army, etc.) Are you reading the posts? Let me put this up again: ND has GT, Penn State, Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, Stanford, UCLA
GT has ND, Samford, Troy, Virginia, VA Tech and Maryland.
I appreciate your passion though, and you are correct that in retrospect, Tech had the tougher schedule last year - some have said though that is because after a team plays against Weis, he basically lays out the blueprint for any team coming after what your true weaknesses are and how best to exploit them, given that his game planning seems to change week to week based on the strengths/weaknesses of the opponent, there could be something to that. Anyway, good luck Jackets.
By Davey
July 27, 2006 05:45 PM | Link to this
The Truth understand now you were listing in order of season. But tech some of it more toughest games to come after the ones you list. Also i understand what you mean about weiss but everyone didn’t fall apart after playing ND. Michigans dfense be came crap(possible weiss doing) but there offense was terrible to.
Also BR tech beat Miami then Played Georgia not virginia. Didn’t consider that much as a flop. Virgina was the week before and it was Reggie pulled a Reggie.
Also last thing Weiss game play against The tech d-fense and might beat 3 or 4 times. But one thing tenuta is famous for is disgusing his coverge and who he will blitzing. He is always changing his sceems. Weiss may very well dominate tech offensively. The main question is has RB finally stepped to become a solid college QB. If so and he can hit his reciever (in stride) then tech could keep up with ND. Don’t be suprised though if the game is really boring with little scoring.
By Bill
July 27, 2006 10:11 PM | Link to this
Colo—I am trying to remaining objective here, but when you say “Atlanta at night favors Georgia Tech” that is rediculous. Georgia beat Georgia Tech last year…at night…in Atlanta. Virginia Tech beat Georgia Tech…at night in ‘04…in Atlanta.
By greg
July 28, 2006 08:23 AM | Link to this
bill dont forget THE NC STATE GAME..CALVIN JOHNSONS GREAT CATCH!!!!!
By WFC
July 28, 2006 08:41 AM | Link to this
As an ex-coach, I can tell you that GT has a good chance to beat ND for one important reason: the Irish, overall, lack team speed. Weiss did an excellent job covering this up and Quinn can play… but “speed still kills” and the Irish don’t have enough.
By MC
July 28, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this
Neither does Tech. That said. Tech gets stomped.
By DawgBite
July 28, 2006 10:12 AM | Link to this
Calculate this mites. Charlie Weis. 3 or is it 4 Super Bowl rings. Weis vs Tenuta. No contest. ND rolls over tech.
By greenjacket
July 28, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this
I remember Calvin Johnson commenting on Tech’s academics when he was being recruited. Lots of Tech folks, including coaches, say “He or she came to Tech for the academics”.It’s as if some Tech people have no idea or don’t care or believe the state’s Flagship University leads the country in some academic areas. just think how much education CJ could have gotten at UGA and all the publicity with Greene and DJ throwing his way. Calvin, your GT education has cost you millions if your draft status goes from a 1st to 2nd round.
By SDW
July 28, 2006 02:37 PM | Link to this
For all of you UGAY fans on here need I remind you of the sugar bowl last year? Don’t you remember heading back kto Athens with your tails between your legs after an a** whuping by West Virginia?
For the moron that stated that CJ is overrated, please refer to the colum in the AJC three days ago when Chan stated that CJ is drawing double coverage 70 - 80% of the time, apparently every team we play thinks CJ is the man.
As for the mornon who stated that our running back will be gone after this year, that’s ok, we have the 3rd best running back in the nation (accoring to scout.com) waiting to step up and take his place next season.
UGAY, how’s it looking at quaterback this year? Are you going to play a different QB each quater? The T-Man really didn’t show much in the Florida game last year (for those keeping count UGA is 1-15 over the pas 16 years against UF) and I suspect another devistating loss this year.
You UGAY fans are scared this year. Last year Tech swooped into Auburn and showed the preseason #4 team in the country what it’s like to underestimate the jackets, then just weeks later Miami did the same thing, on their own field, and need I remind you that Tech should have won the UGAY game. Two caught passes and it would have been 21-14 Tech. Furthermore, tech was a field goal away from going 8 - 3 last year (Travis Bell missed the field goal at the NC State game that would have won the game) and this year is not different, V-Tech is rebuilding a devistated defense and still has questions at QB, NC State will be the usual dissapointment, Miami has questionable leadership at QB and lacks speed in the secondary to keep up with CJ, Reggie and the others, UNC will be good but once agian lack speed, Duke is the Vanderbelt of the ACC, and the Clemson game will be decided by a field goal or a 2-point conversion as always.
Tech beats Notre Dame by 4 points, rolls into homecoming with Miami and wins another close one at home, three weeks before we Meet UGAY in Athens.
Doggs, I wouldnt worry about us just yet, your season will be over after the second week of the season when you loose in South Carolina to the ol’ ball coach, then your going to be crying in your beer a few weeks later when UF carries the SEC East championship back to Gainsville, but to compound things even more, Auburn has the talant at QB to hang big numbers on you, so there are three teams that you need to get through before you even consider your SEC championship in the bag.
Tech goes 9-3 this season with a win in Athens over the mutts and their freshman / senior quaterback debacle.
Go Jackets, and to Hell with Georgia!
By Ramblin'Man
July 28, 2006 03:07 PM | Link to this
GT focuses on all the big games and generally does well, but it’s the ones in the middle of the pack that seems to catch up. GT Fans….let’s not forget an improving UNC team in Chapel Hill and an always penalty filled game at NC State this year(on back to back weekends too??) If you know anything about college football (or college sports in general), it’s that anything can happen.
We all have an opinion: Here’s mine. GT wins against Miami but loses at VT. VT takes coastal division ONLY b/c VT plays Tech at home for the second yr in a row. That scheduling blunder w/ VT is bigger than most people think. It could decide the Coastal division this year.
By Reality Check
July 28, 2006 03:39 PM | Link to this
SDW, You seem very worried about UGA already, why all the hostility? Is it because we have beaten you every year since 2000? Don’t give me “We should have beaten you” sob story. We should have beaten UF (Shockley didn’t play, 4 point loss), Auburn (scored on a long pass play with under a minute to play) and West Virginia (came back from 28 down to lose by 3).
Read all the previews, UGA reloads we don’t rebuild. This season will be another 10 win season easily. We have questions at QB, but 3 of those guys were Parade All Americans (Cox, Barnes, Stafford) and we have another Elite 11 QB already committed next year in Logan Gray. We will have QB issues for the next 10 years with the recruiting we are doing in Athens. I guarantee you that any of UGA’s QBs would be starting at GT this year over Reggie “Hood Rat” Ball. GT will go 6-6 this year…you heard it here first.
By News Flash
July 28, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this
From ESPN: “Georgia has such clout that it pulls most of the players it wants from its home state, but it’s also able to move into South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida. And when Richt and his staff identify a player anywhere else in the U.S., they can go get him. Recruits in the current class come from New Jersey, Maryland and California”.
By ME90
July 28, 2006 04:32 PM | Link to this
Reality Check,
I’ve read several comments about Tech going 6-6 this coming season. I was curious as to who the 6 losses are too. I’m fairly certain Notre Dame, Miami and UGA are three of them. As for the other three, Clemson? Virginia Tech? and I can’t think of another that possibly jumps out. I, for one, like Tech’s chances at going 9-3 this year, with the three losses to ND, UM and UGA. Tech may upset one of those teams but could swap the loss with Clemson or VT. With that being said, SDW, if you’re predicting 9-3 with victories of ND, Miami and UGA…who is Tech losing to?
As for UGA, I’m predicting a 10-2 season for them. I think they lose to Auburn and Florida mainly due to recent history. Until they prove otherwise, I think Florida wins. I think UGA has more talent but seems to have a mental block when playing them. Getting close but can’t close the deal. Same with Auburn. But I think UGA has a legitimate shot at running the table this year. If one of the QBs can establish themselves early and getting some playing experience, and survive the USC early test, they should be ready to win the tougher tests they’ll face later in the season. Just my opinion. Good luck to both teams this season. Hopefully Tech and UGA meet undefeated at the end of November. Unlikely…but I don’t think it’s that far fetched.
By Bill
July 28, 2006 04:50 PM | Link to this
To SDW…when Georgia Tech finally plays for a conference title, maybe then you can talk some smack. You started drinking way too early in the afternoon if you actually believe Georgia is intimidated by Georgia Tech. I find it hard to believe Tashard Choice is the ticket to an ACC championship!!
By SDW
July 28, 2006 05:18 PM | Link to this
There is no way UGAY runs the table this year, there is way to much talant in the SEC and remember you have to go to South Carolina this year to play the most hated man in Athens, with out an experienced quater back. Your rookie is going to cave to the blizting schemes that the SEC schools are going to throw at him and it’s going to be a rough year to watch as you go 7 and 4. (Losses to Auburn, Florida, South Carolina and Tech) and as I said after your brain fart in florida your SEC title hope will be gone.
By GreenJacket
July 28, 2006 07:41 PM | Link to this
I guess I am the GreenJacket that really is a Tech fan. It is good to see recruiting improving even though we should not get overly excited about players who have yet to play a down in college football let alone make it into the school for their freshman classes ( ex. Hargrove Military Academy ). To the imposter that made the negative comments about Calvin Johnson; Reggie Ball’s bad throws has contributed to one heck of a highlight reel for Johnson and he is poised to do great things this year and in the NFL
By greg
July 29, 2006 10:51 AM | Link to this
GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL…LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By no-life loser
July 29, 2006 04:01 PM | Link to this
greg…LOL!!!!!!!!!
By Davey
July 29, 2006 11:20 PM | Link to this
GEORGIA ATHELETS IQ TEST……..LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Greg
July 30, 2006 12:08 AM | Link to this
GEORGIA TECH AMD THERE WEST COAST BOWL STREAK!!!..LOL!!!!!!!
By Greg
July 30, 2006 12:13 AM | Link to this
and..sorry
By Ruben
July 30, 2006 02:03 AM | Link to this
GT be reall good this yeare
By Davey
July 30, 2006 03:02 AM | Link to this
Champs Sports bowl isn’t on the west coast…….LOL!!!!!! Greg you r a true idiot.
Also I have a strong felling that Cedric Everson and Josh Nesbitt will commit real soon(wink wink). Also I think Nick Claytor will commit sometime in Sept. Thats all the strong feelings i have 4 now.
By Glenn
July 30, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this
To all Tech fans…I have mentioned earlier that I am copying the comments from the ignorant UGA and Auburn fans and posting on a secure site visited by recruits with a comment: “Is this the type of person you want sitting next to your Mother on game day?” Let them keep being as nasty and dumb as they want as it is adding more fuel for the fire against attending their supported programs.
By Greg
July 30, 2006 01:51 PM | Link to this
51-7 FOLLOWED BY TWO HEARTBREAK LOSSES TO UGA..LOL!!!!KEEP YOUR PREASON HYPE GOING,THERE’S ONLY 34 DAYS LEFT.YOU NEVER KNOW THE TECHIE BOYS COULD END UP IN THE BLOCKBUSTER CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL AGIAN..LOL!!!!
By Glenn
July 30, 2006 02:42 PM | Link to this
Recruits: greg…your brain with a UGA education
By Greg
July 30, 2006 05:18 PM | Link to this
VERY WEAK..GLENN!!!CHECK YOUR RECRUITING THE LAST 10 YEARS,YOUR BOUND TO FIND SOME GUYS THAT ARE LOOKING TO PLAY RIGHT AWAY AS FRESHMEN.MY ADVICE TO YOU AND THE REST OF YOU TECH FANS,FIND A BLOG ON ACADEMICS..THIS IS A FOOTBALL BLOG!!!!!
By Glenn
July 30, 2006 05:50 PM | Link to this
Greg, don’t speak to me, or anyone, about athletics or academics unless you can show us your credentials. For me, I am a four year letterman at GA Tech, graduated from college Magna C*m Laude, and then attended, and graduated from, an ABA accredited Law School.
I can speak towards both athletics and academics from personal experience. Tell me, Greggie, did you ever play collegiate sports at UGA? For that matter, did you ever attend UGA?
By Greg
July 30, 2006 06:28 PM | Link to this
GLENN..IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO I AM OR WHAT I DO ..THIS IS A PUBLIC BLOG,I’M JUST HERE TO BASH YOUR FOOTBALL PROGRAM,IF YOU DONT LIKE WHAT I SAY,DONT RESPOND TO ME.DO YOU WANT MY ADDRESS,PHONE #,AND MY SOCOAL # TOO?FOOTBALL SEASON IS ALMOST HEAR AND I WILL BE ON WIN OR LOSE.IT’S ALL IN FUN!
By Ramblor
July 30, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this
Glenn, I think you hit a nerve. Seems ole greggie didn’t go to UGA. He’s just one of those fine trailer-trash, wife-beater wearing type that jumped on the UGA bandwagon, oh, about 5 years ago. Love the way he never answers the college question, but I’ll try too. So, greggie, where did you go to college, or was that highschool diploma your life’s big accomplishment? Maybe one day you can move out of mom and dad’s place and get your own single wide. Woo-hoo, here’s to you greg!
By Glenn
July 30, 2006 08:40 PM | Link to this
Ramblor, I think if we contact a few Waffle Houses, we might find greggie either washing the dishes or serving hash browns.
He will be the one who is able to drink his sweet tea with a straw through the gap between his two remaining teeth while his jaws are clinched trying to remember how to say woof woof.
greggie, keep making you comments so I can continue posting on the recruits site. Besides the new recruiting coordinator, You are the best thing that has happened to Tech’s recruiting in years.
By Davey
July 30, 2006 09:23 PM | Link to this
I think its obvious that Greg never went to UGA. That doesn’t mean he didnt go to some school in Georgia. Honestly Greg is just messing around with you guys. Give the guy a break. I my self don’t plan on going to tech but instead go to Georgia State. However I shall alway be a tech fan 4 life. My dad went to tech in the 60’s and My grandfather taught a tech for like +20 years (even though i can get into tech with legacy i choose not to cuz its not the school for me).
Greg does have a point you guys don’t really kno him. I think he just is adding to the hype for tech and getting me more pumped for the college football season.
BUT you are extremely wrong about one thing greg and that is THIS IS A GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL BLOG. NOT A FOOTBALL BLOG. THAT IS WHY THE WRITER THAT STARTS IT IS WRITING ABOUT TECH. I KNOW ITS CONFUSING AT FIRST ESPECIALLY WHEN MOSTLY ALL YOU DO IS REPEAT THE SAME STUFF OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
ND game is 34 days away and i can hardly wait. When is everyone planning on getting there???
GO JACKETS!!!!!!!!!!!!THWG!!!!!!!!
By Greg
July 30, 2006 09:33 PM | Link to this
LOL!!I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE ATTENTION THAT YOU HAVE GIVING ME.THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I’M A GEORGIA BULLDOG FAN,MY FATHER HAS CONTRIBUTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO UGA.THE ONLY NERVE THAT YOU HIT IS FOR ME TO KEEP POSTING ON YOUR LITTLE TECH SITE.WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE AND DO SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROGRAM THAT CMR IS BUILDING AT GEORGIA.CMR HAS BEEN A HEAD COACH FOR ONLY 5 YEARS.TECH WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE TO GEORGIA ON A REGULAR BASIS.I NEVER HAD TO GO TO COLLEGE BECAUSE MY FATHER DID IT FOR ME.I WORK HARD EVERYDAY AND HAVE SEASON TICKETS TO GEORGIA GAMES.GEORGIA TECH’S TALENT..LOL!!!!
By Greg
July 30, 2006 09:45 PM | Link to this
DAVEY..I’M GLAD THAT YOU GET IT..HEY MULTI MILLIONAIRES.. IT’S ALL ABOUT TALKING TRASH BACK AND FORTH.DOES WORKING AT WAFFLE HOUSE DISQUALIFY ME IN A FOOTBALL CONVERSATION?GUYS GET PAST YOUR HIGH PAYING JOBS AND TALK FOOTBALL.
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 06:10 AM | Link to this
Greggie, had you read the original post, you would have discovered that part of the main gist of the discussion dealt with education at GA Tech and Calvin’s desire to get his degree. His EDUCATION was always a factor for him, so it is germane to this discussion.
Perhaps your daddy should have spent some of his “millions” on getting an education for you. Learn to read and write first and learn how to have a serious debate. No one objects to have a heated discussion, just make sense and stop repeating the same thing like a five year old child.
So far, your comments have swayed two prospects to GA Tech, so keep them coming and I’ll keep posting them for the recruits to see.
By DawgBite
July 31, 2006 08:06 AM | Link to this
We’ll see how interested in his “education” Calvin is when the NFL draft rolls around this time won’t we mites? LOLLOLLOL!!!!
By greg
July 31, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this
GLENNY BOY..YOU NEED SOME DECENT PLAYERS IN THE WORST WAY.I WOULD LOVE TO SEE TECH BE COMPETETIVE WITH THE DAWGS AGIAN.I CAN TALK ABOUT THE GAME OF FOOTBALL WITH YOU IF I WANT,BUT I CHOOSE TO LAUGH AT YOU AND YOUR TECH BUDDIES.YOUR.GEORGIA FOOTBALL WILL SUFFER BECAUSE I DAWG TECH ON THIS STUPID BLOG..LOL!!!!!I’M AT WORK MAKING $30 AN HOUR RUNNING A SOPHISTICATED CLEANROOM..DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT SEMI CONDUCTERS GLEENY BOY?I RUN MY JOB FROM THIS COMPUTER SO IT GIVES ME TIME TO POKE FUN AND SEND STUPID POSTS TO THIS BLOG.THAT’S MY CHOICE TO DO SO.ANOTHER THING GLENNY,TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT GEORGIA HAS ON CAMPUS COMPARED TO TECH.THE 4 QUARTERBACKS AT UGA WERE EITHER PLAYERS OF THE YEAR IN THERE RESPECTED STATES OR IN THE TOP 5.GEORGIAS RECRUITING WILL SELL ITSELF GLENNY BOY.I’LL BE HERE ALL DAY “ACADEMIC ALL AMERICAN”,SO FEEL FREE TO SEND GREGGIE THE TRAILOR TRASH IDIOT A MESSAGE.THAT REALLY DOES HURT MY FEELING GLENNY BOY.I WISH I WAS WELL OFF LIKE YOU,BUT I’M POOR OLD WHITE TRASH THAT HAS NO RIGHT TO BE A FAN BECAUSE I HAVE NO COLLEGE DIPLOMA.I HAVE TO S**T AND P**S ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE,WELL ACTUALLY THE TOILET IS IN A LITTLE TIN BUILDING CALLED AN OUTHOUSE.MOMMY AND DIDDY DONT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE LIKE YOU GLEENY.HELL MAN,I JUST WANT TO S**T,SHOWER,AND SHAVE ON THE INSIDE.WE AINT GOT NO CAR NEITHER.COULD YOU HELP ME GLEENY BOY.
By greg
July 31, 2006 08:59 AM | Link to this
LOL @ DAWGBITE.
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this
It is obvious from most of the UGA fans’ postings that you have no experience playing collegiate sports at the university you have chosen to support. If you had, you would know that the players are often-time friends with each other and hope the other team is undefeated when they play each other.
They hope for that scenario because they want their friends to succeed, but also because they want to be the team to end the win streak.
If you half as much class as the Coach you look at as your G*D, then you would realize your ramblings and inane comments aren’t helping your team and is not what they would want associated with their programs.
From my perspective, I say keep acting a fool and I will keep posting your comments on the recruiting web site for all to read. This is the best way I can help the kids see what type of person would be sitting in the stands next to their mothers.
Finally, regarding Calvin, my comments are that a three year education at one of the finest Universities in the world is better than a graduate degree and many of the schools you support. He will be able to understand a ledger and keep up with his money as well as read and understand a contract better than most athletes. When it is all said and done, my bet is that Calvin will go pro, complete his degree at GA Tech, have a great professional career in the NFL, and then parlay his money and education into a successful business career. I would also say that I expect that he will maintain his integrity and love of family because Calvin is a Tech man.
By greg
July 31, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this
THAT’S SO SWEET GLENN.KEEP UP THE GOODWORK!!!
By Michael
July 31, 2006 09:34 AM | Link to this
If everyone goes back and looks at previous blogs, greg has already been exposed as BuLLdawg.
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 09:35 AM | Link to this
That’s another great one, greggie! I can’t wait to post for the recruits that UGA’s biggest fan thinks my comments are “sweet”.
I am sure that will make them really comfortable, especially when they are wondering what you are looking at when you are in the stands.
By greg
July 31, 2006 10:56 AM | Link to this
GLENNY BOY..THE RECRUITING EXPERT!!!LOL!!!.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK IN BRINGING IN ALL THOSE ALL AMERICANS..WHILE YOUR AT IT YOU COULD SHOW OFF THE CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL TROPHY!!!GREAT SELLING POINT!33 DAYS LEFT FARTKNOCKER!
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 11:38 AM | Link to this
Another great come back, greggie. I’m sure your mommie is proud of you. Time for you to drop the fries, isn’t it?
By greg
July 31, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this
ANOTHER CAREER RELATED COMEBACK GLENNY BOY..GO JACKETS!!!!
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this
What are your credentials, greggie? I forget…when, and where, did you attend college? Did you ever play any organized sports?
My recommendation to you is to get an education. Learn how to read and write, and then someday, if you are lucky, maybe your mommy’s latest boyfriend will teach you how to drive a real car and you can get a job.
Don’t bother applying to any of my companies, though. My employees have to know how to communicate.
By greg
July 31, 2006 12:05 PM | Link to this
LOL!!!!
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 12:25 PM | Link to this
greggie, that is your best response yet. Maybe our little boy is growing up.
By greg
July 31, 2006 01:44 PM | Link to this
I’M GONNA POST ALL YOUR COMMENTS ON A RECRUITING SITE FOR ALL THE RECRUITS TO READ….LOL!!!!!!!MAN WHAT A GREAT IDEA,GLENNY YOU MAKE MY DAY MY LITTLE FRIEND.I HOPE YOUR GETTING PAID FOR TALKING TO ME.TELL ME MORE ON HOW SMART AND WEALTHY YOU ARE.TELL ME ABOUT YOUR GLORY DAYS AS A SPORTS STAR AT TECH.
By greg
July 31, 2006 01:47 PM | Link to this
TALK TO YOU LATER!!!!!!GO JACKETS!!!
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 02:07 PM | Link to this
greggie, I pay myself so I guess you can say I am getting paid for busting your chops…I also have a large staff so I have plenty of time to check up on any lame comments you might make.
Please tell me, greggie, what makes you an expert in anything, including flipping burgers and sweeping up hair at a salon. Please share with us all these wonderful qualifications on yourself and then I’ll be happy to share my background with you.
I don’t mind discussing my collegiate career with you once you tell me about your background. You see, little greggie, I have a background that qualifies me to speak on these blogs. By the way, greggie, my athletic and educational backgrounds are the basis for my successful post graduate career.
I would also mention, greggie, that you are the one who says you do not have an education and that you are living off of your millionaire daddy. I have worked my way through college, through my full athletic scholarship, as well as through Law School. I have built successful businesses and not once discussed my financial situation with you.
It sounds like you are an envious, sad little boy, greggie. Get an education, and then try to have an adult discussion with us.
By Davey
July 31, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this
Glenn just out of complete curiousity what year did you graduate????
ALSO Your comment was pretty comical stating:
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 09:22 AM | Link to this
It is obvious from most of the UGA fans’ postings that you have no experience playing collegiate sports at the university you have chosen to support. If you had, you would know that the players are often-time friends with each other and hope the other team is undefeated when they play each other.
I think you could say that about most tech in this blog outside of yourself.
Glenn your argument is pointless. It can be fun sometimes just get in a 4 post arguement with greg BUT YOU are taking it a little overboard. Greg will never concede anything or atleast he never types that. Your comment are extremly sterotypical and find them just as appauling as greg. The sad thing is I know that greg is joking are you actually serious????
In the Calvin Johnson matter he most deff will be going to the draft. He could easily do what Joe Hamilton is diong now. Why risque injury when you will most deff be top 5 pick. If calvin stays then he must see somtin that really shows this team will be really good next year. BUT if he staying for a degree he can do that any time.
Glenn I’m not trying to make fun of you or start an argument but your really making look tech look bad with your comments. You are also destroying the blog with your midless dribble with Greg. I’ve said my part and I hope you consider talk more about tech then how great you are and not greg.
Go Jackets!!!!!!!!!!!
By True Story
July 31, 2006 03:10 PM | Link to this
Glenn and others, Greg did not go to UGA. He is one of those people you see at Wal Mart with a UGA shirt on, but he is obviously not college educated. Please just ignore him, he does not speak for the Bulldawg Nation. As UGA is situated in a mostly rural area, we attract a lot of less educated people as our fans. That does not mean we are not happy to have them as fans, it just means you will get a lot of lower class comments from them then you would from an actual UGA grad, such as myself. Personally, I hope Tech is undefeated going into the last regular season game, but loses the finale.
By Davey
July 31, 2006 03:16 PM | Link to this
Both Glen and greg are morons!
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 03:26 PM | Link to this
Davey, I agree that most of the fans on these blogs have no personal experience on the topics they choose to speak on. I also realize that greggie is trying to get a rise out of the Tech fans.
The difference is that most of the bloggers, whether they are Tech fans, UGA fans, Auburn fans, etc. do not take cheap shots at the kids playing the sports. The athletes work hard to earn, and keep, their scholarships, and many of the kids do not realize or care that these comments may be made in jest.
If you are trying to say I am making Tech look bad with my commentaries, all I can say is that I have earned the right to defend all of the student athletes because I have walked in their shoes.
I actually have many close friends and employees who graduated from many of the fine Universities discussed in the various blogs. In fact, my wife earned her Masters at UGA.
I personally know many of the athletes who played at the various Universities. We have a mutual admiration for each other because we know what the other has gone through.
Regarding Calvin Johnson’s future, I would also suggest that if he has a good season, he should take the money if offered. Besides the potential for an injury, sometimes staying will cost a lot of money. Just ask Matt Leinart.
Finally, regarding my tenure at Tech, all I will say is that my daughter is about to begin college and I started my family after I graduated from Law School, so you should consider me old, if not wise.
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this
True Story, you are the type of fan every program loves…You get it and I appreciate your comments as much as UGA’s staff and athletes.
Davey, I have not once said anything about how great I am nor do I profess to be anything I am not. I have been responding to comments made by other bloggers. I suggest that you learn to spell if you want to be taken seriously.
By greg
July 31, 2006 03:41 PM | Link to this
I HAVE NO RIGHT TO BLOG BECAUSE I’M A LOWER CLASS UGA FAN!!!!LOL!!!!!TRUE STORY KISS MY A*S!!I LIKE HOW YOU WISHED TECH LUCK.AT LEAST I HAVE THE BALLS TO COME RIGHT OUT AND LOL ON TECH FOOTBALL!THANKS BUDDY FOR YOUR COMMENTS..ONE MORE THING,YOU BETTER THANK THOSE FANS YOU ARE BASHING,THERE THE ONES THAT CHEER AT THE GAMES!I’VE BEEN TO ALMOST EVERY GEORGIA GAME SINCE 1976.GO DAWGS!!!
By greg
July 31, 2006 03:49 PM | Link to this
THANKS DAVEY..GLENNY BOY IS THE RICHEST MAN IN WORLD!!!SMARTEST MAN IN THE WORLD!!!SORRY DAVEY BUT TRUE STORY WAS BEING NICE IN WISHING TECH LUCK.NICE WAY OF SAYING TECH SUX!
By Glenn
July 31, 2006 03:58 PM | Link to this
Greg, I have a wonderful family so I guess I am the richest man in the world.
Greg, Davey called you a moron. That means: A stupid person; a dolt. I personally don’t think you are a moron, Greg, just someone who needs to learn how to carry on a normal conversation.
By the way, True Story never said you didn’t have the right to blog, he just called you uneducated. He even said that he welcomed you as a fan. Chill, Greg, and you might learn something.
By greg
July 31, 2006 04:06 PM | Link to this
THANKS GLENN(SWEETIE)..KEEP BRINGING IT.I LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LIFE AND YOUR LARGE COMPANY YOU OWN.I’M TRYING TO GET MY GED,I HAVE NO CAR OR NOTHEN.PLEASE HELP ME GLENNY.I LIKE HOW YOU CALL ME GREGGIE POO TOO!
By greg
July 31, 2006 04:08 PM | Link to this
I THINK GLENNY BOY RAN OFF HIS OWN FANS!!!!LOL!!!!!
By George P. Burdell
July 31, 2006 04:35 PM | Link to this
As far as Calvin goes, if he has any kind of a season, I am afraid he is gone. Next year is thin at receiver especially, the year after he won’t necessarily go as high. That said, he seems like the kind of person that has a perspective and I fully expect he will find a way to earn his degree at some point. Who knows, we may even get lucky and keep him around for that extra year so he can finish his degree but I’m not holding my breath on that one.
By this is a reprint
July 31, 2006 08:59 PM | Link to this
Sometimes when you try to agrue with an idiot, it is hard to tell which one is the idiot.
By toemeetsleather
August 1, 2006 06:08 PM | Link to this
obviously this is the year that the jackets are going to march on athens and rout the puppies!!!!!!!!!GO JACKETS!!
By techaholic
August 4, 2006 08:19 PM | Link to this
Who’s the idiot Tech fan that compares our disaster loss to UTAH vs. Ga’s loss to W.Virgina????
West Virginia was ranked in the Top 10 and UTAH was 6-5 when we played them. They were playing with their 2nd string QB and beat the pants off of Tech!
Had we been in the Peach Bowl ranked in the Top 25 and playing a Top 10 team … THEN AND ONLY THEN can we talk!
I question the football knowledge of a whole lot of GT fans since Chan has arrived????!!!
By Greg
August 5, 2006 12:47 AM | Link to this
CHECK YOUR HISTORY THE LAST 60 YEARS,MAYBE YOU CAN UP OF WITH AN ANSWER!!!
By jay jarrell
August 6, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this
Hey people,you win some you lose some,take it with a grain of salt.As for Georgia fans with big mutton chops,just remember who,s your daddy Pups, you could win 3 National Championships and still only be tied with the Ramblin Wreck from that SMALL school from north avenue!EAT MY HONEY!you @#$%^&*( smelly a*s flea bags!.