Tech

By Self-Proclaimed Expert

August 28, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

Sounds like JSU should be able to load the box pretty good with guys like that. They’ve got nothing to lose. If they can create some turnovers this could be interesting. And it will be interesting to see if JSU can provide any protection for Perriloux. If so, look out!! Perriloux faced tougher defenses in practice at LSU than he will face today. If he has any time at all he’s going to be a factor. You can bet on it.

Tech wins but I think 45-13 prediction is a tad optimistic all things considered.

By Self-Proclaimed Expert

August 28, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

Sounds like JSU should be able to load the box pretty good with guys like that. They’ve got nothing to lose. If they can create some turnovers this could be interesting. And it will be interesting to see if JSU can provide any protection for Perriloux. If so, look out!! Perriloux faced tougher defenses in practice at LSU than he will face today. If he has any time at all he’s going to be a factor. You can bet on it.

Tech wins but I think 45-13 is a tad optimistic all things considered.

By son_sir

August 28, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Going to be a great night for football ! Get off the sofa and join us at The Flats.

Give ‘em hell Jackets !

By Matt Winkeljohn

August 28, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

If JSU loads the box, and Tech can’t block ‘em, Johnson will throw over them. There will be at least three pass plays tonight of 20-plus yards for Tech.

Perrilloux also had better protection at LSU, and threw to better receivers, than what he’ll be working with tonight.

By CPJ Knows Best

August 28, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

This will be a fun night. That’s some size on JSU’s linebackers. But I still think Dwyer will steamroll them several times. Just can’t wait to see this new offense in action. Speed and misdirection usually equals success. And with Tech’s d-line, Perriwinkle will be seeing a lot of green at BDS tonight.

By Ramblin Wrecker

August 28, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

I agree with Winklejohn. The real matchup problem for Jax St will be out in the open field, with GT’s WRs Demaryius Thomas (remember he is a physical specimen and makes circus catches very well) and Tyler Melton and the speedy A-backs like Roddy Jones and Greg Smith (also a pretty good receiver). And since everybody in the USA will be expecting a run every play, these guys will be open and all them can separate, especially in single coverage which is what will result from all the focus on stopping the option running plays. Anyone who’s played NCAA football on Xbox knows the best play is the fake option pass play…the WR is always 5-10 yards past his man. TD every time my friends.

Perrilloux is not going to somehow will this crappy second rate team to beat a BCS school or even make it close. It doesn’t matter that this is the OBS’s first time out of the garage or the first game without Tenuta in 7 years. The defense will be more balanced and actually try to cover somebody this year instead of selling out every play. And with the talent up front, they’ll still get adequate pressure to mess things up. Letting those guys loose up front will produce dividends for GT’s defense…you watch and see!!! And the attitude of Paul Johnson will not allow this offense to tank (a la Chan Gailey’s conservative quit style).

By Heath

August 28, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

Ramblin Wrecker - thank you for nerding out all over this blog. “Anybody who’s played football on XBOX…”? Um, okay, how about anybody who’s played real football? That’s the problem with you dweebs, you think that because the option works on some video game that it will work against a nasty SEC defense. Keep dreaming morons, your butt-ugly coach is no savior. He’s just a redneck hillbilly with a silly offense (and a penchant for conjugating verbs incorrectly) that won’t fool anybody. God, just quit, you embarrass youself.

By Honestly??

August 28, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

Ramblin Wrecker- please don’t use video games in conversation with real football. Your comments are usually on par, but the Xbox comment…

By GT Fan

August 28, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Gaybo Shaw shouldn’t you be in your six grade math class right now. Does your mommy know you are skipping school.

By Hey Heath

August 28, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Heath- your comments are always so intelligent. Im so offended that you called CPJ ugly! Go look at yesterdays blog. Do you want another verbal beatdown?

By m

August 28, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

The over and under for the 41000 being glad that Chan Gailey is gone is 40999. Halllleeeeedamlooooooyah that the worst coach in the history of the NCAA is gone FOREVER!!!!!

By Heath

August 28, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

Go ahead and find where I was “verbally beatdown” from yesterday. While you’re at it, I want those TPS reports. Pronto. And Coffee. Black.

By Gaybo Shaw

August 28, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

(Gasp) I am not in six grade! I’m a bonerfide college student! I’m so offended! Hey, anybody want to go rollerblading with me in Piedmont Park? I need to warmup for my fumbleriffic performance tonight. Ooooh, I’m so nervous about tonight! I think I need a Mojito from Blake’s to settle me down.

By Hey Heath

August 28, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

Haha, very funny. Once again, your lack of reading comprehension shines through. Go back to class.

By Jason Rogers

August 28, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

The over/under on tech fumbles is TWO??? Want to put a wager on that? Like, for your house? I’ll take the over, and then some.

By Murphy

August 28, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

http://www.ovcsports.com/newMediaPlayer/console.htm?type=vod&oemid=6200&id=141282

Jax State interview

By GT RIch

August 28, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Should that fumbles o/u be “fumbles lost”?? I guarantee there will be 4 or more fumbles. The real o/u question is, how many fumbles do we lose to Jax State?

By Old GT Nut

August 28, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

Some important factors about GT’s season CONTINUE to be overlooked.

Does any GT fan not believe GT will be SIGNIFICANTLY better than 2007 in EVERY SINGLE ASPECT??

One of THE MOST important considerations that has been TOTALLY overlooked is GT’s ACC-Coastal division schedule. Even if GT loses ALL other games, if GT takes care of business in ACC-Coastal play, GT will STILL go to the ACC title game. THAT’S A FACT!!

So, just consider GT’s Coastal schedule:

VT (Sept 13) Does anybody SERIOUSLY still believe VT will be like 2007 VT team? VT is gonna be just plain AWFUL in 2008. Watch for ECU to upset VT this Saturday. GT is gonna SHOCK everyone(but me) by easily beating VT on Sept 13th.

Duke(Oct 4) (Days since VT game: 20) Cutcliffe will make Duke better in 2008, but they won’t beat GT. Period.

UVA (Oct 25) (Days since Duke game: 20) UVA will be a mess in 2007. Very poor GT play in 2007, and GT still almost won in Charlottesville)

UNC (Nov 8) (Days since UVA game: 13) UNC will be better in 2008. GT played truly awful in 2007 including 4 fumbles, and STILL won the game. UNC wont beat GT in 2008.

Miami(Nov 20) Days since UNC game: 11) Again, very poor GT play in 2007, and GT still won)

So, notice there is a HUUUUUGE time gap between Sept 13th VT game, (forget Duke on Oct 4) and the UVA game on Oct 25th.

FOLKS, THAT’S 6 WEEKS from the VT game, and 8 weeks from GT’s first game tonight. GT HAS 2 FULL MONTHS OF PLAYING TIME BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE HEART OF THE COASTAL SCEHDULE !!!!! Are you NOW starting to get the picture????

I of course want GT to win’em all. But, if they don’t, just look at where the GT ACC-Coastal play leads. I’m telling you: GT is gonna play for the ACC Title, with the Gator Bowl a LOCK, and maybe even the Orange Bowl, if it all goes REALLY well.

Remember, a weaker GT team beat Clemson last year. Clemson has mostly same players back, except O-Line, and GT will be much much better this year. Are you beginning to see the possibilities??

By Nature Boy

August 28, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

Toe meets leather tonight at Bobby Dodd.

Get jacked up!!!!

By Hunter

August 28, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

Is there anywhere to watch the game on TV? Do bars have ESPN360?

Thanks, go jackets!

By addicted

August 28, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

There are many reasons to believe GT is weaker than last year, including but not limited to the total loss of any experience outside the D-line. We have so many freshmen and sophomore starters that our games would probably have been filled with mistakes even if we were not installing a completely new offense that requires exquisite execution.

OTOH, I expect us to keep getting a lot better as the year progresses, and the kinks get worked out.

By GT

August 28, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

Hunter- its only on espn360.com (i think thats right) so you have to hook up computer to tv, or watch on computer. Pretty lame

By S-P E ...??

August 28, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

to the first blogger

Self-Proclaimed Expert … of what???

By hamilton

August 28, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this

GT - lame indeed. your program is a joke.

By Yellow Jacket lifer

August 28, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this

RUDY WAS OFFSIDES!

By GOOD ONE

August 28, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

Good one Hamilton. Not as lame as your mother and her lazy eye biatch

By gtforever

August 28, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this

Damn RIGHT! Rudy was offsides! The Jackets will ROUT the gamecocks, or whatever there called….

By George P Burdell

August 28, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

We are well on our way to “National Contender” status within the next few years.I have computed the facts and now we just have to fill in some of the blanks of intangibles.I attest that some of the nonchalants in Athens will not be very amused.Maybe they need to be in the Drown-Proofing class that many of us are too aware of.LOL

By GT92

August 28, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

I think the official line is Tech by 17.

By Professor Knox

August 28, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

George Burdell - for a self-proclaimed genius, you utilize poor grammar. You ended a sentence using the word “of.” A preposition! Grammatical failure!!!

By Ryan Perrilloux

August 28, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

After I throw for 400 yards, run for another 100, score 8 touchdowns, and make out with the only hot girl on your campus, I’m going to pull down my pants at midfield and drop a Cleveland Steamer on that stupid “GT.” You will rue the day the “Perrilloux Plague” visited your ghetto campus.

By Obnoxious Georgia Fan

August 28, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

I think the official line is Tech by 17.

LOL.

By George P Burdell

August 28, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

I do not think I proclaimed my genius to you or my fellow bloggers.You,my friend,need only to look at your own posting to find more grammatical errors.I tend to write as I speak,so please excuse my Southern Georgia ways.I was not an English Major in school either,so please,do forgive.You must enjoy immensely trolling postings to have a better feeling about yourself.Knox-Troll

By Buzz Belle

August 28, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

Rudy was offsides - I’m on my way out of work early to grab the kids, get on my Tech gear and head to the game! FOOTBALL HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!!!

GO JACKETS AND THWG!!!!

By Idiot

August 28, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

The line is GT -27.5

By HomeDawg

August 28, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

Buzz Belle: Wheeeeeee!!!

By Crawford Long

August 28, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

The legend of George P. Burdell personifies exactly what tech and its academic superiority claims acutally are: smoke and mirrors. The irony is thick and obvious.

By Dawgs eat their own sh!t

August 28, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Duck the Fawgs and all their redneck, toothless, bandwagon, WalMart tshirt wearing fans!!!!

By Alabama

August 28, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

So it has come down to this at Tech:

Playing a Thursday night game in Bobbie Dudd Stadium at Histeric Grunt Field against Jacksonville State that is NOT even on tv.

Just because the Alabama - Clemson game is scheduled for Saturday in Atlanta in a sold out Georgia Dome and on national television and Tech does not want to be shown up in their own town.

And how many people will really show up for Tech tonight? I’m guessing 23,000….maybe.

Maybe we will schedule a game every year in the Georgia Dome on a weekend Tech has a home game. FSU next year would be fun.

My my, how far Tech has fallen since 1966 when LBJ was President and gas was 43 cents a gallon.

Oh yeah, Roll Tide.

By George P Burdell

August 28, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

The superior academics is very well known and understood by rational people.What will happen to the UGAys when we start dominating on the gridiron?Mr. Johnson will soon lead us there,so be afraid,very afraid.

By George P Burdell

August 28, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

Bama,thats like the pot calling the kettle black.Can you win vs. AU?no.Can we?yes,twice in a row.Losing 6 in a row is difficult for you,huh?I understand because the loss of 7 to the UGAys,but I dont go on a BAMA board or blog either.Understand,toothless?

By Crawford Long

August 28, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

Mr. Johnson’s high school offense will fail miserably against a well-disciplined athletic defense. Those are two traits Georgia’s defensive unit possesses. The Johnson era will be identical to the Gailey era, win/loss wise. You will get several clever/smart arse remarks from a Johnson press conference, but no more. Blue Astroturf and 7 win season are tech’s future, like it or not.

By George p Burdell

August 28, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

Mr. Johnson has won at every level and his time here will be no different.The athletic caliber he will have at Tech far surpasses those he had during his stint with the Naval Academy.Just be ready for the fall to come to you versus Central Michigan UGAys.

By David Braine

August 28, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Well, Tech now runs the triple option and there will be loose Tech balls rolling all over the field tonight.

Tech should fumble the football a lot too.

By George P Burdell

August 28, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Great insight Braine.JSU will probably win too,right?

By Heath

August 28, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this

Right George, and the opposing defenses won’t be any more athletic either, right? I mean, Georgia’s athletes are about on par with Delawares. Oh, almost forgot, Johnson lost to Delaware when he was at Navy. I’ll try to think of a better example.

By Ryan Perrilloux

August 28, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this

I’m a baaaaaaad maaaaaaan!!! Get ready for humiliation at the hands of an erstwhile crappy football team, nerds!!

By the BCS SUCKS!

August 28, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

where can i see the game on tv at??

By George P Burdell

August 28, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

We shall see Heath bar.I look forward to years of dominating UGAys once again.

By Dan

August 28, 2008 6:40 PM | Link to this

41,000 over/under…..I think that most Div 1AA schools could bring in that many fans. What are you guys doing blogging anyways? Can’t afford the $50 3 game packages? What a bunch of losers!!

By Heath

August 28, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

George - “look forward to domination of UGAy” in one hand and sh!t in the other. And see which one fills up faster.

51-7.

By George P Burdell

August 28, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this

Heath bar,depending on my poop schedule,I would probably say my hand would fill faster.However,over time I tend to believe that we will dominate UGAys once again.Our superior coach is one reason that we will dominate UGAys.Dan,sorry,out of state-going espn360 route here.By the way,you basically called yourself a loser.LOL

By Dan

August 28, 2008 7:22 PM | Link to this

How am I calling myself a loser? I am not a Tech fan, thank goodness. Thus, no need for me to be at the game. You would think with all of the “excitement” for Tech fans surround CPJ……they would at least fill the stadium. Isn’t he supposed to be the “savior” of the program? Must not…considering no one is at the da$n game.

By Andrew

August 28, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

does anyone know where to listen to the game online for free? This Jacket fan just moved to Florida and is dying to find the game…no ESPN360 thanks to no Internet deal with ESPN; I thought 790 streamed it online but no such luck and the GT website links me to CSTV where it costs money to get this game and, unfortunately, this broke grad student can’t pay for that right… any suggestions?

By AlabamaRamblinwreck

August 28, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

Looks like GT took care of any free radio…even Jax State’s radio affiliates don’t work.

What is worse is that the CSTV link only works with XP or earlier. I have vista…I am out of luck, and the yahoo link is even dead…

We just scored a TD, but I have no idea how..

By WREK radio

August 28, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this

Andrew,

Free streaming radio broadcast of Wes Durham’s call of the game at www.wrek.org

27 - 0 Good Guys at the half.