By PS Our Bball Team Stinks

March 24, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Optimism is a great feeling and I am anxiously awaiting football season. Optimism only turns sour down the road - say 5 or 6 years. Remember Chan! I feel this will not be the case with PJ - I am a big fan already. Either way you look at it, we have something to look forward to. So much so, that I might even travel from Ohio to Atl to see the home opener against who? Jacksonville State? I don’t care. I just want to be there when it all starts.

By john

March 24, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

Optimism is a great feeling and I am anxiously awaiting football season. Optimism only turns sour down the road - say 5 or 6 years. Remember Chan! I feel this will not be the case with PJ - I am a big fan already. Either way you look at it, we have something to look forward to. So much so, that I might even travel from Ohio to Atl to see the home opener against who? Jacksonville State? I don’t care. I just want to be there when it all starts.

By thrillerbb

March 24, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

so are you saying that the increase is tempo has happened or that it’s just an overused cliche and in your opinion never is really relevant or did i miss that part altogether?

Thanks for the update by the way.

By RAMBLE ON!

March 24, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

Hey Matt, is Jermis Smith going to tryout for TE? The announcers during one of the BB games said DRAD approached him about that.

By FLJacket

March 24, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

I wish I could be there - I want to be there - and it’s just practice!

By m

March 24, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

The good news is that Chan Gailey, the WORST coach in the history of the NCAA, is LONG GONE. He destroyed Tech football, but NOW HE IS GONE. HALLLEEEEDAMLOOYAH!!

By Ced Ced

March 24, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

WoW…That Obama comment was unnecessary. Keep it clean and know your facts. As far as Tech football, I cant wait to see the Jackets do their thing and see what PJ is all about. Im curious to see if the new DC can have the defense close to being as good as what we’re used to. Beat UGA and I’ll claim it a good season!!!

By StingerSplash

March 24, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

Tech fans and Paul Johnson fans unite! The AJC will be covering the resurrection of Tech football! Thanks for letting us know there will be something to look forward to in the AJC on ajc.com other than Mark Richt’s hair.

By Tokyo Jacket

March 24, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this

Matt,

I think I speak for a lot of people in saying we’re happy to see you back in football mode. Your insights last year, both in recruiting and practice coverage, were great.

That said, how about some introspection on coaching changes? Do you think the increased tempo comment usually stems from the fact that when “old” coaches are let go, it’s frequently because the team is soft?

When Shula retired, he was soft. There was a change in tempo. I’m actually one of the few, along with KC ownership, that liked/tolerated Gailey. But, he was soft, now there’s a pick up in tempo.

I don’t remember hearing about tempo increases when the Zooker took over at UF or when Wade Phillips takes over any team. Some coaches do actually look to slow things down. Didn’t Randy Shannon make a point of controlling the team’s energy at Miami?

Now, that all out of the way, I’d love to hear over the next few days if the rabbid tempo continues. I’ve always thought the difference in sports between a .700 winning percentage and a .900 is internal fortitude. Practicing hard helps you get there.

Your thoughts Matt?

By M is an IDIOT!

March 24, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this

M,

You my friend are a complete IDIOT! To try and say that a guy that has NEVER at any level had a losing season is quote: “The worst coach in the history of NCAA” shoes not only your lack of common sense, but actual knowledge!!

Go back to your hole….

By m

March 24, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

Tech was fortunate to have O’leary to cleam up from the Lewis debacle. Tech is now fortunate to have Paul Johnson to clean up from the Gailey debacle. Tech did not deserve to go through 6 years of stagnation under Gailey. Thank God and Greyhound that he is gone.

By P Dawg

March 24, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

Isn’t it funny how there aren’t any Dawg fans on your blog talking trash? Too much class on the other side I guess.

By m let it go

March 24, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

m, there’s no reason to continue to slander the man. grow up at let it go. focus on the future.

By The Big Bug

March 24, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

I’ll bet the “Junction Boys” would attest that tough practices make tough football teams. Gailey’s players were as tough as they come right down to Ball. They just didn’t have an OC or HC to put it together.

By Mr. Football

March 24, 2008 8:26 PM | Link to this

“M”, what an idiot you are. How much football have you ever played? While CPJ may turn out to be a great coach, a snap has not been made under his helm yet!! Let’s wait till some games are played.

By Jaded Jacket

March 24, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this

Thanks AJC for the coverage and updates. I’ll be looking forward to the stories.

By Thanks

March 24, 2008 9:01 PM | Link to this

Thanks Matt. Looking forward to the updates. Keep up the good work.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

March 24, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

MATT, WHAT ABOUT JERMIS???

must be wishful thinking, but I like the sound of him playing T.E.

By jay jarrell

March 24, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this

I’m back,season tickets this year.

By Coach Paul Johnson

March 24, 2008 9:13 PM | Link to this

Hey boys, wait till you see my high school offensive attack!! Pitch it here, pitch it thar, whew weeee!!! Gone be fun to watch!! Hey, it worked at the redneck gnat infested wannabe Jawga Suthern college, so why won’t it work against them boys from Athens?? I can’t see why it won’t? I may be a fat ugly redneck from the mountains, but I just caint figure this out! Help!!

By P Dawg

March 24, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

Whomever is pretending to be CPJ needs to let the techies have their moment of excitement. It might be more than just a moment. I personally don’t see the triple option working at this level but maybe the talent pool at this level will compensate. I don’t see it competing for NC’s, but I’m just saying that I don’t want what happens on UGA sites to happen here. UGA has plenty to be proud of. We don’t need to jump on tech sites and dog them. We’ve been doing it on the field for seven straight years and that’s what really counts.

By MalibuGT

March 24, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

P Dawg, you spoke too soon…

By THWG

March 24, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

To the OH-SO clever man who wishes he was CPJ… I believe I speak for all of the intelligent, well-spoken Tech fans when I say, get a life.

By Mike Knobler

March 24, 2008 9:27 PM | Link to this

Let me step in and comment on the issue of tempo and toughness.

I agree with Matt. You never hear players say, “Practice is so much easier now than it used to be.”

So, is it faster-paced under Paul Johnson? I think the answer is, “It will be.” Today’s practice didn’t go at the pace Johnson wanted, because the coaches had to spend a lot of time to stop and explain things. That will become less and less of an issue.

I wrote about how intense Tech’s conditioning drills were (Sunday’s paper) and quoted Andrew Gardner saying it was the hardest Tech had run at this time of year. That modifier is important. Andrew told me that Chan Gailey worked them pretty hard at one stretch, but it wasn’t pre-spring.

Here’s my take: 1) New coaches always have an interest in setting the bar high. Whether it eases, for good reasons or bad, might vary from coach to coach. John Chaney at Temple kept his reputation for tough early-morning workouts as long as he kept his job. 2) I have met very few coaches who lack confidence in their approach to coaching. Paul Johnson certainly appears to be a guy who has found something he thinks works. I don’t expect him to ease up a lot. I don’t expect him to let his players slow down.

By Ted

March 24, 2008 9:49 PM | Link to this

Good stuff Mike. Look forward to reading your articles & updates the next few weeks.

By son_sir

March 24, 2008 9:54 PM | Link to this

First of all, M, give it a rest. We got your point months ago. Let it go. As far the tempo, I would expect (knowing CPJ) things to pick up with from the conditioning aspect of things. I would expect it to slow significantly when installation of the new scheme is in progress. There’s a lot of on field teaching to do. The emphasis, now that practice has started, will and should be on teaching and learning.

By Tim

March 24, 2008 9:55 PM | Link to this

UGA has historically had a very hard time stopping CPJ’s version of the 3-0. I remember under Mike Sewak GSU ran for 300 yards against UGA…they had no answer. UGA ultimately beat GSU because of their offensive strength and more depth. Those dogs are in for a rude awakening with the athletes and depth at Tech.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

March 24, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this

P Dawg is calling the kettle black. Shut up, get off this blog, and go back to your little Sally’s SEC blog where everyone lives in glass houses. Pathetic fleabags can diss it out, but can’t take it. It’s an SEC thing.

The only thing UGA knows about class is that half the professors seem to think that’s where you get a date.

By whatever

March 24, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

To the CPJ pretender - PJ’s offense is very similar to the offense that DID “work against them boys from Athens” back in the Joe Hamilton days! That really was fun to watch!

By dawgstradamus

March 24, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

RAMBLE ON!!! seems like a VERY angry person. It probably stems from his memories of playing DEEP right field in little league. Dawgstradamus predicts another seven in a row. And even more juvenile half-arsed insults from RAMBLE ON.

By oldgold

March 24, 2008 11:04 PM | Link to this

Since the AJC is obviously through with college basketball for the year, I thought that placing only 4 ACC teams in the tourney was a crime until 2nd place Duke played Belmont. With the pathetic year the SEC had, this has been the poorest year of southern college roundball since Naismith discovered basketweaving. The best college ball is now played in the northeast.

By Yellow Jacket 56

March 24, 2008 11:09 PM | Link to this

I agree with the earlier blogger that at least now there is optimism. The unknown has created a buzz that we haven’t seen since the days of Joe Hamilton. I am as concerned as anyone about the triple option and its effectiveness at this level. But the bottom line is, I think Paul Johnson is a college coach. He knows how to motivate players and get them to believe in his philosophy. Gailey’s personality and attitude are suited to the pro game.

By anti oldgold

March 24, 2008 11:17 PM | Link to this

Hey oldgold,

Your right enough talk about BB.

Just a reminder; Gailey was forced to put Ruben “one-toke-over-the-line” Houston back on the team. But it was HIS decision to play him.

Such much buzz in the air… I look forward to many more quality loses from the gt team football next season.

By dawgstradamus

March 24, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this

Yellow Jacket 56: Ah yes, the good ole days of Joe Hamilton. Gator Bowls galore. Sheesh.

By thrillerbb

March 25, 2008 12:03 AM | Link to this

Mike,

Thanks for clearing up the tempo issue-that’s a very interesting distinction and i hope all the pieces you do for spring ball have as much info as your piece did. Well-written and informative. PJ isn’t the only one setting the bar high.

By son_sir

March 25, 2008 12:33 AM | Link to this

Why is Dawgstradamus always on Tech blogs ? What with his UGA superiority complex, you’d think he’d have other things to think about.. Relax man… Yes, Chan is gone and Reggie left two years ago. We realize there is cause for concern for you and you need to vent. Just do it on the UGA blogs.

By Bravesfan79

March 25, 2008 1:02 AM | Link to this

Ahh this talk about GT football is great…now if the season actually ment something wouldnt that be great!?? Being ANY football team NOT named USC, Ohio State, Oklahoma, or any SEC team is kinda like running for President as a Libertarian. You might have a great campaign, but at best your fighting for 3rd or 4th place!
COLLEGE FOOTBALLS SYSTEM BLOWS AND UNTIL THE FANS JOIN TOGETHER TO CHANGE IT…NOTHING WILL CHANGE AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE ALL HYPE AND NO ACTION!

The only people who should be happy with the BS boring bowl system are Ohio State and USC!!

By son_sir

March 25, 2008 1:20 AM | Link to this

If I hadn’t won a NC in 28 yrs., I’d be clamoring for a new system also. The fact that I agree with you on the BCS is beside the point.
THWG !

By Bravesfan79

March 25, 2008 1:41 AM | Link to this

Im more of a Tech football fan than i am a UGA fan, but my opinion is unbiased as i did not go to either school.
My loyalties are as follows: 1.Braves! 2.GT Mens Basketball (nxt year will be better) 3.Falcons 4.UGA/GT Football ….there both my favorite, and when they play each other who ever has a chance to win a national title i root for. Ive been a fan of all these teams since i was little, and i happen to know a little about sports.

By surfrider

March 25, 2008 3:32 AM | Link to this

This option offense is not only about running as we found out today but about passing as well. For many years Tech has had maybe three or four pressure points on offense…2 wr’s, tb and qb who could make a play. Yes this past year the fb got involved. This new offense will have 6 pressure points 2 wr’s, 2 slots, tb, and Qb. Not only 6 pressure points but players that in a proset would have been second, third or so string. We can now get in three wr’s and 2 tb’s at the same time to go with a dual threat QB. It should as time goes on move this offense up in the rankings and in points. On defense I have a feeling it will be more balanced on some fronts. Wommack did a great job at USM during earlier stint there. He will have more talent to work with at Tech. Also recruiting already is going toe to toe with the Dawgs. Pepper Rodgers sent more players to the pros than about any Tech coach for that time stint of 6 years, including Wr’s like Jimmy Robinson, Steve Raible, Drew Hill etc…and they did’nt pass anywhere near what this offense will pass like.

By MB

March 25, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

I thought Tech had a lot of dorks until dawgstradamus showed up. Anyone want to bet that UGA football is the only thing going on in P Dawg’s life?

By blazer

March 25, 2008 8:16 AM | Link to this

matt-over the spring see if

kyle manley gets any reps at qb.

keep us informed!

By Matt Winkeljohn

March 25, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

Kyle Manley is not on the team.

By Charlie Chan

March 25, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

MB - we haf you beef an broccoli to go order ready. You can eat it in you cubicle! Or we deliver, you choice! We know you break short. You paying in yen or american dollar?

By old Grad

March 25, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

Bravesfan79-

You are either not a college football fan or have no short term memory.

Good stuff Matt!

By P Douche

March 25, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

Hey P Dawg, you should try staying off Tech blogs, too. Oh, you are sooo classy. Loser.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

March 25, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

Matt is there or isn’t there a Jermis Smith trying out at TE?

can anyone answer this question, please?

By Matt Winkeljohn

March 25, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

RAMBLE ON,

First, Paul Johnson doesn’t list tight ends on the roster. Some who played TE in the past are now lumped with OL.

I can’t tell you if there will be tight ends in this offense because I haven’t asked yet, but given that Tech’s best tight end, Colin Peek, transferred to Alabama, you have in that information a head start.

I will look into it, but I can just about guarantee you that Jeremis Smith is not going to try out for tight end. He’ll graduate in two months, wants to play professional basketball whether in the NBA or elsewhere, and while he might’ve made a whale of a tight end had he gone that route, making that move now with a team that will use tight ends little if at all just doesn’t not add up if you ask me.

But I’ll check.

By Matt Winkeljohn

March 25, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

RAMBLE ON,

First, Paul Johnson doesn’t list tight ends on the roster. Some who played TE in the past are now lumped with OL.

I can’t tell you if there will be tight ends in this offense because I haven’t asked yet, but given that Tech’s best tight end, Colin Peek, transferred to Alabama, you have in that information a head start.

I will look into it, but I can just about guarantee you that Jeremis Smith is not going to try out for tight end. He’ll graduate in two months, wants to play professional basketball whether in the NBA or elsewhere, and while he might’ve made a whale of a tight end had he gone that route, making that move now with a team that will use tight ends little if at all just doesn’t add up if you ask me.

But I’ll check.

By RAMBLE ON!

March 25, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

Thanks Matt!

By scooter11

March 25, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

Matt: Hit the ‘post’ button once, then be patient. Funny that the best TE leaves and goes to an SEC school.

By RAMBLE ON!

March 25, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

funny to a person with a brain the size of a pea.

By headknocker

March 25, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

BravesFan- I share your frustration with the BCS, perhaps for different reasons. The fact is though that in its current configuration, since 1999, it has not repeated a champion. The SEC has 3, the ACC has 2 (don’t think they were in the conf. then, can’t remember when FL State and Miami joined ACC) and the others are spread around. The real problem seems to be that the rankings still carry too much weight. If your team doesn’t start high in the polls, it is hard to pass another team even if their schedule is weak. Voters seem to be reluctant to reexamine their original assumptions and jump teams past other teams that may have won, regardless of how weak the win. Last year the poll voters threw out precedent and mixed up the poll at the end. They seemed to be reluctant to do that in the past and there is no control over how they vote. It doesn’t seem fair but it is far better than the old “system” which rarely pitted the top teams, regardless of ranking method, against each other.

By 89EAGLE

March 25, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

I can’t wait to see GT. I’m a big Geogia Southern fan, but it will be fun to see PJ run and pass on the ACC. Good Luck Jackets!!

By headknocker

March 25, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

I should have added before last season. Sorry

By dawgman

March 25, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

89Eagle and his kind absolutely crack me up. They think Paul Johnson was such a bad@ss because he could beat Montana State or whoever. They are the same idiots that think they are going to win whenever they go to Athens every four years. So go ahead and continue your mancrush on that redneck. Tech needs the fans.

By m

March 25, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Paul Johnson did more coaching the first day of spring practice than Chan Gailey did in 6 years. It is just incredible how the worst coach in the history of the NCAA was allowed to destroy Tech’s program for SIX YEARS. Thank God and Greyhound that he is GONE!!

By Halberstram

March 25, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

Good luck to Tech, definitely going to be an interesting spring. So are Tech practices open to the public (regarding, the comment in blog stating it was pretty crowded)? If so, that’s gotta be interesting for Tech fans to be able to watch the team practice. It’s going to be very interesting to see how PJ adapts to the ACC and a large conference.

The thing to remember is while he will have better athletes running his brand of offense, there will also be better players defending against that offense. I expect Tech to win a game or two they shouldn’t, but also to lose the regular amount. I anticipate a 7 or 8 win season, not too bad for a new coach with an entirely different system from the previous coach.

Go Dawgs!

By headknocker

March 25, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

M- Man, I’ve been seeing your posts for a couple days up here. You say the same thing everytime and always in BOLD. I think you’ve made your point.

By ben

March 25, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this

M, I think if you will check your facts, CG had as good a winning percentage as any coach at Tech since Bobby Dodd. I’m glad to see him gone, but you’re comments are a bit overboard.

By PROUDTECHFAN

March 25, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this

I happen to agree with Halberstram who is a Dawg fan, about the outcome of next season. Realistically i think Tech will win one or two games that we should lose, just for the simple fact that teams wont be used to our offense. i think we will win 7 or 8 games and become bowl eligible, but i truly dont expect a huge leap of success the first year of this regime, its just not realistic. Obviously not saying it cant happen, because we have no idea what really to expect until the time comes. if i were CPJ i would love all the talk about him bringing the triple option to the flats. i personally think our offense will look more like W.Virginia, or Oregon or even Florida’s offense. People keep speculating and assuming that we will run the traditional style triple option, when he has said time and time again he will develop an offense around the strengths of his players. i think we will pass the ball more than people think. but it really shouldnt matter to Tech fans because we didnt have a passing game last season anyway. our offense was based solely on the run. thanks for the insight so far about spring practice, keep up the god work, i wish the dawgs fans would go bark on their own blog unless being completely rational about your statements and not constantly belittling the Tech program.

any way

Go Jackets!!!

By Sam

March 25, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

With regard to change in tempo with the coaching change. When Chan took the helm, there was a lot of talk about the pace of practice not being anywhere near the up tempo practices that O’Leary and Friedgen ran.

By RAMBLE ON

March 25, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

I am such a moron and I know nothing about football.

By BlueandWhite

March 25, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

Dawgman go back to licking your best friend.

Folks like you crack me up. Remind me again how many years it has been since that anomaly NC? And since then how many SEC championships have you had?

As far as Georgia Southern is concerned playing and beating Montana is equivalent to your mutts playing and beating USC (the one out west). It’s all relative Einstein.

Also remind me how successful you were in stopping the PJ’s offense being run by Georgia Southern in 2004. Your fans weren’t talking so tough at half time of that game. Your boy VanGoober gave up 300 yards rushing and 28 points to that lil ole team from Statesboro.

I can’t wait to see PJ run the TO down your throat. Then all of your classless ‘pee off the top row’ will jump after they finish reliving themselves.

By Eagledawg

March 25, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

StingerSplash and son-sir need to get on back to the Eagle’s Nest and Talon Talk. You sound ridiculous enough dawghating, but when y’all brown nose Techies, who’ve NEVER had the nerve to play us, you look and sound pitiful. One thing that served PJ’s teams well was their superior conditioning. He got that from Erk, and I imagine his earlier coaches had an influence as well. You Techies got a fine coach out of this and he will make Tech a much tougher, more disciplined squad. PJ is for real. To all Dawg and Tech fans— We Georgia Southern fans often argue about your teams among ourselves. Both fanbases often try to put us down. We will say this. All of our titles were earned on the field, and we back down from no one. I can take the UGA barbs slightly better than the Tech barbs because the Dawgs will at least play us. Others like son-sir and 89eagle and Stingersplash hate UGA more than you Techies do. I obviously like UGA second best, but I have never brow-nosed them to the level you guys brown-nose Tech. And you advise Dawgs to go back to their own boards?

By Eagledawg

March 25, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

Let me include Blue and White on my last list.

By Mike Knobler

March 25, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

thrillerbb Thanks. RAMBLE ON!!! I didn’t see Jeremis Smith out there yesterday, and he’s not on the roster I got.

By dawgman

March 25, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Blue and White: We have won four SEC titles since that “anomaly” in 1980. Florida and Bama have won more. It’s slightly harder to win an SEC than to beat the high school teams Southern did on the way to their “historic” championships.

Question: if southern wins a 1-AA championship, and nobody sees it happen, did it really happen?

As far as Sewak’s team that ran for 300 yards on us, I hate to break it to you, but that was a tuneup for an SEC game in Columbia the next week. That was like the Super Bowl to you rejects from the gnat infested wasteland of Statesboro. Ask yourself this question. Do you know anyone, ANYONE, who got in Georgia and then even considered going to Georgia Southern junior college? Didn’t think so. You losers aren’t even on our radar.

By dawgstradamus

March 25, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

It’s obvious blueandwhite is a techie in the guise of a Southern fan. He’s just upset the bees haven’t beaten Georgia with eligible players since 1990, when they declared themselves national champs after that historic victory in the prestigious Citrus Bowl (grounds enough to dismiss claims of a title). He’s probably also upset that I was the one who peed all over him and his fat girlfriend at Sanford. Cry me a river, dork.

By 89EAGLE

March 25, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this

dawgman you crack me up. puppies like you are basically the reason i dislke ugay. I have never seen such arrogant fans in the world. you lump anyone who doesn’t beat to your drum and make your look foolish. it’s always going to be next year at uga. yes yes i know you are loaded this year, but don’t think that you are unstoppable. it’s also fun to see you over here on Tech’s blog running your mouth. i posting because i actually have a so called dog in this fight.

By A change is in the air

March 25, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

UGA has done well in the past few years. I can give credit where credit is due. However, a change is coming and a percentage of bullpup nation shows their concern for these changing times by the fact that they are on this blog.

By son_sir

March 25, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Eagledawg.. Looks like you are doing the brown nosing. I laid down a ton of sweat, blood, and a hell of a lot of hard work in Statesboro for Erk and if the Eagles ever did play the Jackets, I’d be head to toe in blue and white. Actually I do think GT has avoided GSU like the plague. I’ll give you that point. Having said that, I’ve been a Tech fan probably longer than you have been alive and I make no apologies. After all, it’s OK for people like you to pull for the Eagles and the Dawgs, but “brown nosing” when an Eagle also pulls for the Jackets.
What sickens me is the tons of Georgia Southern grads I know who have G’s all over their cars, homes, mailboxes, etc. and no sign that their shingle came from Statesboro. This even extends to the student body in Statesboro to some degree. I’m sure that is cool with you though. When I was playing in the ‘Boro, there was always a significant drop-off in game attendance if UGA happened to be playing in Athens that weekend. I don’t think I need any lecturing from you seeing how I have two of those GSU championship rings. I’ve paid my dues at Paulson and on the banks of Beautiful Eagle Creek, and my monetary support goes to Statesboro. At the same time, I’ll always be a Tech fan, especially now that PJ is the head man. Go Eagles ! Go Jackets ! THWG !

By Erk

March 25, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this

son_sir, please remind me, where did GA Southern get Erk Russell from? Bet you were not talking that THWG crap when he was your coach!

By son_sir

March 25, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this

Actually Erk was saying it when he stated he was offered the UGA head job and then UGA denied it, making him look like a liar. Erk wouldn’t have given a crap who I pulled for as long as we weren’t playing them and I was busting my a$$ for the Eagles.

By O-Zone

March 25, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this

Other than a pretty good football team and several petty criminals on the streets of Athens, some beautiful ladies, 2-3 idiots that know how to use a computer—what else do you have?

By Not Disappointed

March 25, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this

Mike and Matt keep the articles coming! Go Jackets!

By TechCrybaby

March 25, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this

Pardon me for intruding, but I wonder why all the Dawgs are on this blog? I am not permitted to get on theirs. Why is it that Tolerant Tech tries to persuade dogs to stay away, instead of blocking them out??

By dawgstradamus

March 25, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this

89Eagle: Hooked on phonics apparently never worked for you. Back to Sylvan you idiot. Maybe your kids can get into Georgia instead of having to settle for Ogeechee Tech. Then again, maybe they won’t.

By yellowblood

March 26, 2008 7:20 AM | Link to this

Paul allowed the team to participate in several Tickle Piles this week. I think this improves moral.

By yellowblood

March 26, 2008 7:21 AM | Link to this

Paul allowed the team to participate in several Tickle Piles this week. I think this improves moral.

By 89EAGLE

March 26, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

dawgstradamus Keep on talking man. There is no way i would let my sons go to ABAC North. Face it a large part of your fan base couldn’t find Clarke County. The doggies will be in the shape of FSU in a few years. Again it’s amazing that the dogs have nothing better to do than put down others. I sould be concerned about who goes to jail between now and the begining of the season.

By dawgman

March 26, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

89EAGLE: this conversation is over, and it never should have started. I never should have stooped so low as to respond to some idiot who goes to Southern. You’re all a bunch of dumb$hit Georgia wannabes. Enjoy Statesboro, loser.

By O-zone

March 26, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

Dawgman you are correct. This conversation should never have been. When you read the vulgar and stupid remarks you make, it is very evident you are a UGA person. Probably not a graduate, just another redneck that is a real wannabe. Clean up your remarks and then you may have something worth while to say.

By dawgman

March 26, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

O-Zone - let me guess, you’re the real 40 year old virgin, correct? Back to your gaming, you silly nerd.

By GT80

March 27, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

Ramble, I heard the comments about Jeremis also, but I think the rules say that if you use up eligibility in one sport, you’ve used it up in all of them. But I’m not absolutely sure about it.

I personally would think Jeremis would be a great DE. Maybe DRad was prompting him to give it a try in the NFL if pro bball is not in the cards, sort of like Gates did.

I’m looking forward to football season already. All signs are positive.

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