Tech

By CW

November 24, 2007 7:30 PM | Link to this

Oh were they actually playing a game? I couldn’t tell by the ABC broadcast.

I just thought it was Entertainment Tonight on campus with the interviews of UGA and the deal with Munson.

By stings to lose

November 24, 2007 7:36 PM | Link to this

Congrats to dogs.

Maybe Tech still wins?

By Andy

November 24, 2007 7:44 PM | Link to this

Hey, hard fought game by the TECH team. Forgive the interview with Munson as it’s likely his last regular season game calling the DAWGS!

You gave us a scare for most of the game. Forgive me for this but,,,We really hope Chan sticks around.

By CAW

November 24, 2007 8:05 PM | Link to this

We lost the battle, but hopefully we won the war.

By pj

November 24, 2007 8:08 PM | Link to this

I’m grateful for the win as a dawg fan, but we did get 80% of the breaks in this one. It wasn’t the refs, the crowd, the coaches - it was just a little more talent and every bounce possible.

7 in a row feels good! Sometimes you have to win one like this in a massive streak!

What bowl will select the dawgs? I’ve heard Orange, Rose and Fiesta… I don’t see the scenario in which we would get bumped down from a bcs game. Orange seems regionally logical, but Georgia vs USC in the Rose Bowl… my god - that’s the two hottest teams in the land!

By DawgGrad311

November 24, 2007 8:53 PM | Link to this

There is always a positive that can be made of any situation. I hope for your program that it is Chan getting canned. Perhaps his hands were in his back pocket bc he was going to re-read his contract extension just to make sure he leaves with your alumni’s cash. He was probably wetting his depends, but he could have at least shook CMR hand. Well fought techies, but our depth was just too much.

By The Big Bug

November 24, 2007 8:54 PM | Link to this

Once again clobbered by a less physical UGA team.The officials really know just when to call a penalty.I wish I could say, “at least BB season is here”, but even that wont fly. At least this is the last of Gailey.

By flackjacket

November 24, 2007 9:09 PM | Link to this

Last of Gailey? Let’s hope so. But it won’t matter if Mohammed, Christ, or Zeus himself coaches us next year. Next year we learn the real meaning of humiliation.

-fJ

By m

November 24, 2007 9:29 PM | Link to this

Tech should have called timeout during the game to FIRE CHAN GAILEY. Please God, let this Gailey nightmare END tonight. Drad, if you don’t fire Gailey immediately…then you should be fired. Enough is enough.

By Clint

November 24, 2007 9:42 PM | Link to this

What happened to Tech being better off without Reggie Ball? Hmm, I guess there really was a reason he started over Taylor Bennett.

By scribe

November 24, 2007 9:57 PM | Link to this

As a independent- Chan is not the most flashy coach, but he is a good man, and he did have you in the ACC title game last year, even with Reggie Ball. Look at Nebraska as a case study, i bet they wish they still had Frank Solich instead of Bill Callahan.

By gregocraker

November 24, 2007 10:06 PM | Link to this

Gotta chime in before the drunks and sundry idiots take over.Tech played the good guys tough, and we caught a lotta breaks.

Ga is a football school ,and Tech should be, at least three or four years out of ten.

But you(tech) lose more than you should ‘cause you are to slow to fire a so-so coach.

Thanks.

By GA_Girl!

November 24, 2007 10:32 PM | Link to this

Please keep Chan — UGA fans are really lovin it.

If they players could capatalize on the other team’s mistakes and actually recover a ball or put points on the board, they might learn to win someday. Stop blaming the coach for the team’s lack of focus.

By GA_Girl!

November 24, 2007 10:32 PM | Link to this

Please keep Chan — UGA fans are really lovin it.

If they players could capatalize on the other team’s mistakes and actually recover a ball or put points on the board, they might learn to win someday. Stop blaming the coach for the team’s lack of focus.

By GA_Girl!

November 24, 2007 10:32 PM | Link to this

Please keep Chan — UGA fans are really lovin it.

If they players could capitalize on the other team’s mistakes and actually recover a ball or put points on the board, they might learn to win someday. Stop blaming the coach for the team’s lack of focus.

By GA_Girl!

November 24, 2007 10:32 PM | Link to this

Please keep Chan — UGA fans are really lovin it.

If they players could capitalize on the other team’s mistakes and actually recover a ball or put points on the board, they might learn to win someday. Stop blaming the coach for the team’s lack of focus.

By Techfan

November 24, 2007 11:03 PM | Link to this

What a joke of a game!! What a joke of a team!! What a joke of a coach!!Now I really understand why Dogfans call our team the joke by coke. Wish we had a head coach like Richt. He was making all the right calls for his team. And the officiating was fair. Looking at it objectively, that was the most bizzare string of calls I’ve ever seen, but taken one at a time, each was the right call.

By STAYGAILEY!

November 24, 2007 11:30 PM | Link to this

Nerds, you will never win the war. You will always be second to the Dawgs! 7 in a row and To hell with GT!

GO DAWGS!

By Richtblows

November 25, 2007 12:02 AM | Link to this

Rednecks, we will win the war. Your not going to beat us every year. We have never been second to UGA, just the past 7 years you have had better coach! The tide is going to eventually turn, so enjoy while you can Hicks.

By gtNC

November 25, 2007 12:20 AM | Link to this

Congrats Dawgs.

Bizarre game, could have been closer. Some of the big plays were breaks that went your way, but most were lack of execution by GT players. Can’t complain about the coaching in this game either - it’s kind of shameful that it’s the main subject of the posts here.

See you next year.

By ben

November 25, 2007 12:28 AM | Link to this

Ironic that we had the best reciever in football last year and this year we had the worst reciever corp in football. Looks like Gailey was playing the wrong quarterback again this year.

By Barry Sanders

November 25, 2007 2:34 AM | Link to this

Anyone ever watch game film of me? You will notice that whenever one of my bum QB’s made and intereception, I was usually the one to make the tackle. Some folks are just born football players, others go to tech.

By Dr. Feel Good

November 25, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this

What a buncha f*.

By mowreck

November 25, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

I hate to tell you folks that are so upset with Gailey, but he didn’t drop a single pass OR defend against a single pass … we need some cornerbacks and receivers. I just hated to see Booker come out of the game … seems he was throwing the ball better than Bennett … course that is Gailey.

By 2N4YEARS

November 25, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

Guys, you have to realize something: GaTech just doesn’t have the talent level that UGA does. It would be hard for Tech to win this game because of that, regardless of the Coach. Be carefull what you wish for; other teams thought they were bad until they made a coaching move.

By GT football=0 forever!

November 25, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this

Geeks/Nerds why do you idiots even play football? You suck, you will always suck and the tide will never eventually turn. That is too hilarious! It will never get old crushing the life out of your pathetic dreams. We will see you next year for annual a$$ whipping!!!!! Get use to it losers!

By Dan

November 25, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

Tech fans, remember deep-seated hatred will- and has- eaten people up! Chill….

By I-DOG

November 25, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

Tech played a very good game yesterday. It isn’t Chan’s fault that none of the three opportunities to recover fumbles in the UGA endzone materialized (did I just write that we had three fumbles in our own end zone?)

Tech also had several passes dropped that could have kept drives going. If I recall, on the first tech series a sure touchdown pass was dropped. Gailey was overmatched talent wise but drew up a pretty good gameplan. This one could have and should have been closer than the score indicated. Tech’s staffe coached at least as well as UGA’s on Saturday.

That said, I don’t think that Gailey can survive the fire storm. That puts tech in a difficult position, there will be about half a dozen better jobs available this year AND there is the matter of tech’s strapped athletic department buying out Chan’s contract.

With Texas A&M, Nebraska,Michigan, and Ole Miss already looking for coaches and several other high profile vacancies to be filled… I think tech should take a chance on a young coordinator.

To make matters worse, UGA returns perhaps their best team of Richt’s tenure in 08 and the game will be played in front of 92,000. I see this thing getting to at least 8 in a row.

By Halberstram

November 25, 2007 2:00 PM | Link to this

Nice game yesterday, the ball definitely bounced UGA’s way. As mentioned earlier, I don’t think it’s the year to change coaches. Give it one more year to see what he can do with a full slate of scholarships.

Go Dawgs!

By Lee

November 25, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this

For what it’s worth….

I don’t think Tech should can Gailey. UGA will finish the season ranked in the top 5 and GT gave them all they could handle for over half the game. UGA put the ball on the ground and recovered in their own end zone three times. Tech covers a couple of those and it’s a different game,, you do the math.

That said, there is one knock on Gailey that I see. That is, he does not seem to do a good job with his quarterbacks. The many face plants by Reggie Ball are well chronicled. Bennett showed a lot of promise at the end of last season. He doesn’t seem to have progressed as much as I would expect this season. The blame for that is strictly in the coaches lap.

By Kenny

November 25, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

Ok the Moreno and Choice comments? I mean Moreno is and may still keep being a good back but come on Choice does it all with 8 in the box knowing there is no pass threat. So everyone in the stadium knows he will get the ball and he still runs over 100 yards a game Could you even think as to how many yards he would get with Georgia’s pass game. As much as I think Gailey is a nice man he has never developed a quarterback. Moreno may be a great back in the future but Choice is NOW

By gtyelojaket

November 25, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this

If Rad is going to make a change he needs to do it within the next few days. Use an interim coach in the bowl game and begin the search. Recruiting is critical now and if they wait to fire Gailey it will be devastating!

By black bee

November 25, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

The answer= I don’t believe Chan will ever lead GT to a power or sell out stands nor do I believe Chan should be fired, I’m torn so this is my amicable way out of this. 1. Make an annoucement ASAP that Chan will be retained as Coach. 2. Hire fired Ole Miss coach Oreagon asap as Assist. Head Coach. Why? Chan is a slow-non exciting type of guy in a hype, fast pace world and city. Oreagon can recruit-see Miss, La. and Calif. with the work Giff is doing in state they can have greatly needed recruiting years. Oreagon is a ball of fire-we know Chan is like looking at paint dry. Oreagon knows defense-D-Cord. at So. Cal. and can help Tenuta with the times when the blitz packages won’t work. This is GT’s answer, hire Oreagon and please I know the goodies at Tech want Taylor to be the QB but the kid just doesn’t have it-stop defending him he would not start at 95% of the D-1 schools-he’s like Chan, great kid but average on the football field. I know that even if UGA gets the top 22 H.S. players in Ga. Auburn can get 4 or 5 Ala. 1 or 2 and their will still be enough good D-1 players in the state for Tech to have a national team.

By Head Coach Chan Gailey

November 25, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

Now I can tell some of you Tech folks are upset with me. Just let me remind you that I am a nice man. I also have 4 years left on a contract that will cost you $4 million to buy out. I do not know what all this fussing about won-lost records is all about anyway. Someone I once knew and loved said “It’s just a game, dog.” I think we should all think about that. If you get upset about a tech loss, then concentrate on your SAT score. If the team has a bad day, think about the amount of money you THINK you will make when you graduate. Of course it won’t be as much as me. As for hiring another coach, I cannot for the life of me think of anyone who realistically would take this job. Tech is a trash heap.

By spike

November 25, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

Nerds… Don’t complain about bad calls from the refs. At least you have replay now. Signed Jasper Sanks.

By dadgum

November 25, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this

Idiots…..replay doesn’t overturn judgement calls like the absolutely incredible call against Bennett. What an absolute joke. Oh well if we catch balls we may overcome those kind of calls. Still…….

Word is Gailey is let go on Monday and there is a short list. Paul Johnson the likely top choice. We’ll see………

By ToccoaDawg

November 25, 2007 6:54 PM | Link to this

Ok tech fans what coach do you go after? Theres alot of high profile schools already looking and too few good coachs out there.

By Tom

November 25, 2007 6:56 PM | Link to this

As good as Tashard Choice is - and the Nerds all give high praise to #22 - which they should - he still got outrushed by our second string Tailback (Thomas Brown) - on 8 less carries.

By Tom

November 25, 2007 6:59 PM | Link to this

Oh yea - and Thomas Borwn outrushed Tashard - even going against John Tenuta and the nation’s leading defense in plays for negative yardage - on their home field. Bottom line - Tashard is very good - but he’d be lining up on the scout team in Athens.

By Sundawg

November 25, 2007 9:34 PM | Link to this

For the record, Brown is first string and Moreno is the backup.

Hard fought game, Jackets; it really was in doubt until late in the fourth quarter. Choice is the real-deal and gave our defense fits. As to the calls, well, I’ll just say there was no home field advantage.

Good luck in your bowl.

By GT

November 25, 2007 10:38 PM | Link to this

Does Tech actually have the money to fire Gailey? They may be the first athletic department to bite the dust if they have to carry this dead weight and pay for a real coach. I wonder if last year’s shopping by this slow for prime time coach was not blessed by the athletic department as a way to save face for a huge mistake. The only problem is a man we pay one million a year for has no demand. You would think that is impossible. If we are paying that much for a product surely someone else wants him. NO MARKET and we are stuck with slow motion like a fat wife for four more years.

By Randy

November 25, 2007 11:53 PM | Link to this

The Tech kids played their hearts out. Personally, was very concerned that we could lose this game.

The Tech Team was ‘loaded’ with Seniors. You knew that were going to leave it on the field.

As for Gailey… Class guy, who has represented GT well. But I’m not too concerned for him. Over $4MM still sitting in a contract… “Fire me tomorrow” for money like that!

With this said, if Tech is going to do it - this is the year. They are very young, so it is unlikely that they will be making a run at the ACC title next year… May as well start rebuilding with a new coach wit lots of energy..

Mark Richt is the perfect coach for UGA. As well as he has done - you cannot help to feel that the best is in front of him and his team…

See you in L.A.!

Go Dawgs!

By Kendall

November 26, 2007 7:20 AM | Link to this

SUNDAWG…No, TB is not first string. When the Dawgs went out for the first snap, KM was the tailback. That is how it works.

Ok, lets talk about how tech just does it to themselves. We dont even have to work to make them look ridiculous.

1. The bouncing thing to the techogeek song. What is that and why cant you at least keep it going during the entire highlight reel.

2. The “gold fellas”. Really, Really, Really Nerdy.

3. Taylor Bennett in the teletubbies costume. Need I say more?

4. The band sneaking up behind the visitors band, playing something really quickly then running off flipping birds and giggling. NERDS!

5. NO KNOWLEDGE OF FOOTBALL! Booing when calls are correct and asking for intentional grounding calls when the ball hit the WR feet. Wow.

6. Cheering when another team beats another team that has nothing to do with tech because its the only thing you have going for you. (tennessee beating Kentucky)

7. The guy trying to throw the ball thirty yards to win some money. Wow, I have seen 9 year old girls throw better and less feminine than that guy with tech shirt on.

Since 7 is the magical number I will stop there, but the list is endless. I always have hope that tech will not be so nerdy, but it just keeps getting worse. Keep showing that average starting salary and hang on to it, its all you have. I am 29 and make three times that $55,000 you are so proud of. Nerds.

By reebok

November 26, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

Good win, Doggies. Good luck in the BCS…Tech couldn’t make a break, or hold onto a pass, when it mattered most. At least the Chan Gailey Nightmare is at an end.

By Kendall

November 26, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

SUNDAWG…No, TB is not first string. When the Dawgs went out for the first snap, KM was the tailback. That is how it works.

Ok, lets talk about how tech just does it to themselves. We dont even have to work to make them look ridiculous.

1. The bouncing thing to the techogeek song. What is that and why cant you at least keep it going during the entire highlight reel.

2. The “gold fellas”. Really, Really, Really Nerdy.

3. Taylor Bennett in the teletubbies costume. Need I say more?

4. The band sneaking up behind the visitors band, playing something really quickly then running off flipping birds and giggling. NERDS!

5. NO KNOWLEDGE OF FOOTBALL! Booing when calls are correct and asking for intentional grounding calls when the ball hit the WR feet. Wow.

6. Cheering when another team beats another team that has nothing to do with tech because its the only thing you have going for you. (tennessee beating Kentucky)

7. The guy trying to throw the ball thirty yards to win some money. Wow, I have seen 9 year old girls throw better and less feminine than that guy with tech shirt on.

Since 7 is the magical number I will stop there, but the list is endless. I always have hope that tech will not be so nerdy, but it just keeps getting worse. Keep showing that average starting salary and hang on to it, its all you have. I am 29 and make three times that $55,000 you are so proud of. Nerds.

By SunDawg

November 26, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

Kendall, I beg to differ; when Brown came back from his injury, which gave Moreno his opportunity to start, Richt said Brown, the senior, would return as the #1 tailback. He may not have been in the first series against Tech but he didn’t lose his position in the depth chart. Check it out.

By Chris

November 26, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

Well thanks for your input there, Kendall. If you really want to teach something to us Tech fans, maybe you could start with how to end up passing out in a pile of your own puke before noon.

And I love how you refer to Tech fans as “nerds.” We’ll be nerds any day of the week, so long as WE are still signing YOUR paychecks and leaving tips for YOU at Applebee’s.

By Mitch Kumstein

November 26, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this

So Chris, you’re the manager at an Applebee’s? Congrats to you on that coup. Tha Tech ‘skin is really paying off.

By Tom

November 26, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

Richt did say Knowshon wasn’t ready to start - about 1200 yards ago. He’s started every game since Vandy. Point of original post was Tashard is a very good back - but would be #3 on the depth chart in Athens.

And I’m sorry - but why do Tech grads think they make so much more money than UGA grads? Most of the Tech guys I know are engineers - a nice steady paycheck for sure - but UGA grads are where you find your entrepreneurs and business leaders. Granted it’s a generalization, but regardless - it has nothing to do with the football team.

By ga_tech_92

November 26, 2007 2:22 PM | Link to this

OK, since UGA likes to call GT folks NERDS, let’s think of something for them in return. Must be derogatory in nature and cut to the stereotype we find in most UGA fans. I’m starting the bidding with………REDNECKS!!!

By spike

November 26, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

Hey gatech92.. My bid is “WINNERS OF SEVEN IN A ROW”!! But under your criteria it is only half right. It is a stereotype, but not derogatory. I’ll keep trying Poindexter.

By SunDawg

November 26, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this

gatech92, REDNECKS is so juvenile, what happened to my personal favorite, leg-humpers, or poodles, puppies, ignorant tobacco-chewing toothless …, no wait, I’m delving into Tennessee’s realm. Let’s just go with leg-humpers for now.

GT80’s hate week is over; we all need to get back to normal.

By DawgHouse

November 26, 2007 4:49 PM | Link to this

Hey Nerds, maybe you losers can get Bobby Petrino to coach you down after the Falcons fire him.

By GT Fan to be UGA Fan

November 26, 2007 10:05 PM | Link to this

I have been a long term fan since Bobby Dodd was coaching.

Over the decades, Tech has always had excuses as to why it did not have a winning football program. I am tired of waiting and waiting.

I hereby resign my aligence with Tech and I will join the Bulldog Nation because they know how to recruit, play hard and win.

Signed: The Newest Member of the Bulldog Nation……..

By 7NAROW

November 26, 2007 11:36 PM | Link to this

Chris, I like your comment “We’ll be nerds any day of the week, so long as WE are still signing YOUR paychecks and leaving tips for YOU at Applebee’s”. I didn’t know engineers were usually restaurant managers?? I also love how you nerds like to talk about how much $ you make on a football blog, can you say insecure.

By Kendall

November 27, 2007 7:24 AM | Link to this

Every tech sticker I see is on some POS car. I always ask my wife…”Is that one of those rich tech grads I keep reading about on the vent?”. Call me a redneck all you want, I know I am not one so it really doesnt bother me at all. You should go ahead and embrace the nerd moniker however, since you are a nerd and everyone knows it.

By CSmajor08

November 27, 2007 7:46 AM | Link to this

Hey Kendall: Every tech sticker you see is probably on a STUDENT’s car, like mine. Most Tech grads go out into the world to find jobs, and less than half of them stay in Atlanta to work.

And Newest UGA Fan: What a poser! Good riddance. That’s exactly what half the UGA fans are: “No, I didn’t go there, but they sure do win every year, yeehaw!”

By Busbozo

November 27, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this

Princetonreview.com

UGA Incoming GPA 3.76

Tech Incoming GPA 3.70

Just the FACTS ma’am…

Tech is an academically inferior institution

By Kendall

November 28, 2007 10:15 PM | Link to this

nice try tech student. I live in Tampa. So I guess the tech stickers I see hear are students too? what a joke.