Tech

By RAMBLE ON!!!

September 30, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

Well if UGAg is number 11 after that BEAT DOWN, then we should be number 10

By Jaded Jacket

September 30, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this

Question for Coach: Does watching the game between Duke and Navy give him a better planning advantage since Navy runs the same offense as Tech?

By TheBlogger

September 30, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

I would have thought that with all of the upsets this past weekend that Tech certainly would have cracked the top 25 in the polls.

But, I always forget how biased humans can be when it comes to college football. Most often, their vote has nothing to do with the actual team and more to do with reputation (see Notre Dame, Michigan, etc.).

GA Tech regularly gets hosed by the human voters and regularly gets the truth from the computer rankings. Computers are not biased for or against certain teams. They simply run the program and spit out the results.

If Tech goes on to win the next two games (and they should), Tech would be 6-1 and then even the biased humans will sit up and take note…… I hope.

By Dave

September 30, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

RAMBLE ON!!! have you ever posted anything here that wasn’t totally ignorant? When Tech actually does something or beats somebody that is somebody maybe they will be ranked. Obviously quite a few coaches don’t think you’re that good. They are probably right.

By ChattHills Jacket

September 30, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

Coach do you think WAKE will be at an advantage in the ACC Championship against GT after getting beat by NAVY and having a good look at your offence?

By JD

September 30, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

I am a die hard Tech fan, but would wait until after Clemson. If we win the next 3 games we will be 6-1 with a legitimate top 15 team. Then we can rise each week if we win against Fl State, N.C., Miami, Georgia. Those will be tough games.

By bearcasey

September 30, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

All I know is that GT beat MSU 38-7 using their back-up QB and that MSU hung tough with LSU. What does that mean?

By Ben

September 30, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

As far as a question I’d like to hear CPJ answer: I’m a huge fan of the offense and I’d love to hear an explanation of the differences between the coach’s spread option and a traditional flexbone offense. The formations look similar, but are there differences in personnel? In offensive philosophy?

By PROUDTECHFAN

September 30, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

To be completely honest, I dont thing we should be ranked in the top 25 yet. In recent years Tech hasnt played well when ranked, I understand that was under a different regime, but history doesnt lie. Secondly I honestly dont think we’ve proven ourselves just yet. I think we can crack the top 25 if we beat Duke, but with the way this offense tends to put the ball on the ground, this game can really go either way.

Most importantly I don think CPJ wants any distractions with this very young football team. The last thing he needs is people telling his team they are better than they really are with silly rankings. The only one that really matters is the BCS which doesnt come out for a couple of weeks. I say lets wait until then and see where we are. In the mean time…

GO JACKETS!!!

By RAMBLE ON!!!

September 30, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

DAVE, I bet Crooms voted for us…haha.

isn’t the ACC 2-1 against the almighty SEC?

Do the coaches have a pact to vote each other in the top ten each week?

Awbarn offense can’t even score 2 TD’s a game. We would beat them by 17 points!!!

By jackets

September 30, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

Dave - do you mean beat a team like central michigan or georgia southern? then we would be #3 i guess, right?

By Dave

September 30, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this

By RAMBLE ON!!!

September 30, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

DAVE, I bet Crooms voted for us…haha.

isn’t the ACC 2-1 against the almighty SEC?

No moron. Not unless SC or Bama are not in the SEC anymore. RAMBLE ON!!! you are obviously a poser. You are too damn stupid to have ever attended GT. I bet you have an IQ of about 6.

By Chris

September 30, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this

I think somewhere between 21 and 25 would be a legit ranking. The problem is that we were nowhere on the radar screen when the season began, so it’s tough to overcome that perception. Winning will take care of all of the ranking problems. I would love to play some of those teams (Auburn) ranked in the top 25. We will get our shot. Let’s just beat clemson before we all get too froggy about the rankings. And Duke for that matter.

By Bob985

September 30, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Tech has yet to play the real contenders in the ACC (with the exception of the loss to VA Tech.) If Tech plays error free they can be competitive with most of these teams on offense…but the defense has issues on pass coverages, that Duke will seek to exploit this week. Tech needs to focus on beating Duke this week, a game they could lose if they play without energy or focus. Then we will be tested by Clemson, and Miami and Fl. State…after that we can worry about rankings.

By George P. Burdell

September 30, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

The Sagarin rankings don’t mean much until he has enough games included to work with. That said, I’ve always found his predictor numbers, not the ELO-Chess used by the politically correct BCS wizards, to be the best of all the computer models.

I don’t know that we should quite be in the Top 25 but we ought to be closer than the polls have us. We certainly aren’t world beaters at this point, but our only loss was by 3 on the road to a one-loss team. There aren’t 34 other teams in the country that can say that. None of that really matters right now anyway so the important thing is to keep focusing on getting better every week. With the upcoming games, we will have plenty of opportunity to grab our share of attention.

Ken, one thing I found interesting in your comments about fans of a particular school not being the best at ranking their team. I think the same is true for the active coaches that vote in the poll. They have way too many things going on this time of year to catch many other games. On top of that, they have conference affiliations that have to taint their vote as well as teams they play during the season. I really wish they would at least make them publish their votes every week. If they cannot handle the pressure that comes from that, then get someone that can. There is way too much at stake these days to be using a flawed process jaded by human biases and personal interests.

By son_sir

September 30, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

Polls ? Who cares ! Just beat Duke. Period.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

September 30, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

Dave has a point, I forgot SC beat the worst team in the ACC after knocking out the Starting QB.

ACC 2 SEC 2

By GT

September 30, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

Tech shot itself in the foot with the Gailey area. We could beat good teams only to lose to bad teams because we had an emotionless team that would get up for a Clemson or a Georgia but would sleep walk most of the rest of the season. We had patterns that could be counted on for any team playing us and a coach that was a poor game manager and could not adjust a game plan during a game. A lot of ACC teams had fallen into this trap of pretty good talent under coached and uninspired because of the ventures they have to play or the academic input that got them hired. Johnson is a different bird, that puts a tough player on the field. You pretty much get the same product every week. His teams handle the ups and downs of a season by concentration, but seem to have a joy for the game which is met to be physical. At the end of the game even the quarterback has a black eye which bonds a team together. We went to war together, win or lose we are together. Once the nations understands this team it will consistently be trusted as a team and will be overated a lot like Georgia instead of underated as it is and deserves to be now.

By jabster

September 30, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

Let’s look at the one-loss teams in the top 25…

Southern Lo-Cal: Overrated, but probably the best team in the (gag) Pac-10 and probably better than Tech. UGA: Lost to an awesome Bama team. Probably still top 10. Florida: Lost to Ole Miss, still one of the best in the SEC.
Allbarn: No business being in the top 25, nevermind the top 15. Tech is better than the Astronerds. Ohio State: See Southern Cal. Kansas: Hmmm… Wisconsin: Lost to an UNRANKED Michigan, but still one of the best in the Big 10. Hoagies: Well, they DID beat us… Fresno State: Let’s not go there. Oregon: Tech is probably better than the Ducks, and our uni’s are still not as ugly. Wake Forest: Probably a good match for Tech at this point. Especially since they lost to Navy.

Among other ACC teams receiving votes, we’re behind the TMNTerps, Carowhina (only in the AP), and the CrimiNoles. BC is behind us in the AP, Clempsun is behind us in the coaches’, and Duke has one vote (coughSteveSpurriercough) in the coaches’ as well.

I think we’re a better team than Carowhina or Free Shoes. Not so sure about the Terds—Fridge seems to have them on a roll. UMD-Wake could decide the ACCA.

Bottom line: While there are some teams that don’t belong in the top 25, there’s enough teams ahead of us to make a top-25 argument tough as of today. If we beat Puke—and the top 25 has the usual attrition—we should be able to move into the top 25.

By GtLifer

September 30, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

The inevitsble test for this team wil be the day we are 10 points or 2 TDs down in the 4th quarter and can win the game. We couldn’t get it done against VT from 3 down with 4:37 left. Right now we are a front running team with a loss to the best team on our schedule so far. We won’t always be playing from the front. Until we actually have that point proving game, in the minds of the rest of the college football world we are still the GT that can’t get it done at crunch time and can’t win the big game. It is up to this team to change that perception. When the perception changes we will get the benefit of the doubt with the pollsters. Right now they are waiting for us to collapse like the Tech of yesteryear.

By Glenn

September 30, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Ken;

Why don’t you ask Coach Johnson what his thoughts are regarding GA Tech’s progression as a team this year. Whether it has met his expectations to date considering they are 3 & 1 and could just have easily been 4 & 0.

Also, I would ask if he has gotten more comfortable with the offense to the point that he has thought about bringing in more of the options from his playbook…

By Ken Sugiura

September 30, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

Dave, to answer your question, the SEC is 3-2 against the ACC so far this year. (Alabama beat Clemson, South Carolina beat NC State, Florida beat Miami, Wake beat Ole Miss and Tech beat Mississippi State)

It seems like most of you all have the Jackets around the 20-30 range. It’ll be interesting to see how much they move if they beat Duke. To crack the top 25, that means you might need 12 teams ahead of Tech to lose. The other problem is that, even though Duke (which, Jabster, you may note is a one-loss team whose only loss is to undefeated Northwestern, which I predict Johnson will bring up at the press conference) may be stronger than in years past, a home win over Duke isn’t going to move the needle much.

I agree, Bob985 and JD, that the heavy-lifting portion of the schedule is still ahead of Tech. In some ways, it’s hard to justify the Jackets being in the top 25 now because their biggest win thus far is either B.C. or Mississippi State, which may actually be more noteworthy than they sound, but, as I think we can all agree, there’s plenty of human element in voting.

George, I agree with you about coaches voting. I might even say the same thing about the writers poll. Most, if not all, writers are going to be covering one specific game and maybe watching one or two more on TV and highlights of the rest. They can do the best job they can, studying box scores, talking to coaches or looking at all the different computer polls, but at the end of the day, it’s pretty inexact (obvious statement of the year).

By GT45

September 30, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

Not being ranked may not be such a bad thing, right now. I think it benefits these younger kids by always being thought of as an underdog, even though we all know better! If we win the next three, we definately should be top 20. If we could get into the top 15 before the Ugly game, it would be great exposure across the southeast. Like it has been posted earlier, let’s take care of business this weekend, and the rest can work itself out! Go Jackets-

By GT

September 30, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

GtLifer, good point but I summit that we should not even have been in that game on paper with Va.Tech or have beaten Boston College. We lost to both last year and the Va. Tech game was exactly what I was talking about with a Gailey coached team. We played that game like a Saturday backyard mechanic at our place. If we had played Va.Tech this year in Atlanta we would have beaten them should have up there and Va. Tech looks like the class of the conference. Johnson had two free years to beg off before his head was in a noose, instead he puts a team on the field year one, even more impressive than Saban at Alabama who has done it in two but in a much better league. Guys like Saban and Johnson and Ross understand the toughness of the line is the first thing you work on. Boston College may have had the slowest receivers in major college football last year but they had one of the best offensive lines and quarterbacks. Johnson is a winner I don’t question that and more important the players don’t question it.

By Tech fan in NC

September 30, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

Some started fast and are dropping fast.

Better to be going up each week instead of having to whine.

How does PJ feel about playing a school like GW? Even winning probably would not increase any pole ranking.

By bb

September 30, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

I am actually happy with where we are currently ranked (in the 30-40 range).

Do I think we have a team that could/should be top 25? Absolutely! Do I think it would be beneficial for our team to be in the top 25 right now? No!

We have a young team that still needs to improve a lot. We will start losing games we should win if the players get it in their head that they have arrived (see UGA and Fla games this last weekend). So, I am happy with where we are.

The rankings will work themselves out if our team keeps winning games (and quite frankly, really only matter if you are in the hunt for the BCS championship game).

By GT-MAN

September 30, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

I don’t care about being Ranked right now…. Just go out each game, take care of business, and you will not have to ask if we will play in a BCS Bowl or being ranked.

By Richard

September 30, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

Unless you’re ranked #1 or #2 at the end of the season, it’s completely meaningless.

I wouldn’t rank Tech in the top 25 unless we win the next three games, but it’s really irrelevant.

By Big ED

September 30, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

The good thing is that TECH will move up to the top 25. Unlike the SISSY DAWGS who will continue to nose dive. I would not be surprised to see TECH pass Georgia in the rankings by the end of the season. TECH is a work in progress and I believe PJ will have them in the top ten by season’s end.

By New England Jacket

September 30, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

Some of you guys make us Tech fans look bad. Seriously, jabster: “Carowhina”? “Allbarn”? Are you 5?

The only reason Gailey got canned is because he couldn’t ever beat UGA (Beating USCe is similarly the only reason Tommy Bowden gets to keep his job).

Until CPJ beats UGA, he’s no better than Gailey, so guess what? It’s too early to tell!

What would I rank GT? We don’t deserve to be ranked in the top 25 until we can beat UGA, and anything below #2 is meaningless.

All that said, I’m with son_sir. Just win our next game, boys. Win, win, win.

Beat Duke.

By Carolina Jacket

September 30, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

I agree that rankings are not the important thing at this time — just take care of business and ranking will take care of itself. Duke is not the Duke that we all know and love. They are hot right now and feeling it (probably playing way over their head, but still doing it). Just work on the o-line, and cutting down on turnovers (which is looking better), and penalties (how about that UGA?). Win the next two and then go in and kick some butt at Clemson.

By Jack G

September 30, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

Polls and Loseing dont do much for the program. Winning does everything. CPJ just keep on keeping on.

Is Nesbitt’s Hammy pull the same one that he pulled in the spring that caused him to miss most of spring practice??

By old gold

September 30, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this

I am a true believer in CPJ and think the Jackets are well ahead of schedule. That being said, I don’t think we belong in the top 25 - yet. If we had beaten VaTech we might have an argument for it. Let’s take care of business the next two weeks against teams we should beat (no Gailey era letdowns with CPJ!) and if we keep winning the ranking will come. I am just disappointed that we won’t have a chance to knock an undefeated pups team out of a number 1 ranking - but I am looking forward to that game like I haven’t in a looooong time!

By ga_tech_92

September 30, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

25th

By Calvin

September 30, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

Tech’s ranking won’t matter until after the Clemson game. And why should it? Pre-season rankings are stupid, and early season rankings are meaningless. The polls would have a lot more credibility if they started in mid-October, after the teams have shown what they can do, or can’t do. Every year Georgia is overrated in the pre-season, and Tech is underrated. Georgia then embarrasses itself, and Tech proves itself. Come to think of it, that’s not such a bad arrangement.

By John

September 30, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

If the team plays like they did against MSU - we could win every one of our last games. So, that being said, I would say we could be Top 5 before the year is over.

By Manfred P. Mann

September 30, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

Until we play Clemson, I put us middle-of-the-road in the ACC. Let’s say 5th. I think we’d be middle of most conferences, for that matter. Given that, I’d say we’re appropriately ranked in the mid- to high-30’s.

By GT fan

September 30, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

Forget the rankings and just keep winning…everything else will take care of itself. Go GT!!!!!

By jabster

September 30, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

NEJacket:

Point taken. Henceforth, I will refer to the host institution of the Tar Heels as “University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill”. :) Don’t ask about the team in Blacksburg. :)

To your point about Chan, it wasn’t all about the UGA game. It was also about how Tech’s performance was flat across his tenure, Tech losing to teams that they shouldn’t have—such as Wake Forest University in the ACCCG, or the University of Virginia last year, or Duke University as coached by Theodore (or is it Edward?) Roof in his rookie 2003 season.

Yes, Tech beat Auburn University twice, and has owned the University of Miami (not to be confused with Miami University—the one in Ohio). It just seemed like Tech had topped out and couldn’t go any farther, kind of like Clemson University under Thomas Bowden today.

And then there was the UGA game…

Style counts. It’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it. And when you keep choking on teams you should beat, that’ll doom anyone.

All in good fun :) :) :)

By BuzzFactor

September 30, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this

Win the next game, then fix the mistakes and prepare for the next one. Rankings, schpankings.

By AMG

September 30, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

to qoute CPJ, “they should not start ranking teams until at least week 3”. The AP, ESPN and all the others do not have a clue and worse still some of them base it on projected draw to bowl games and week by week ratings. I don’t know where GT should be right now, but USC should not be in the top 10. Bias has a whole lot to do with these rankings. UGA has not looked like a top 20 team all season. Tech needs to continue to Win and play better then their place will show, but do not expect these bias polls to put anybody where they truly should be.

By Sting Attack

September 30, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Based on these games, LSU 34 MSU 24; Aub 3 MSU 2; GT 38 MSU 7 ( You do the math ) At least in the top 10, probably 5th.

By tjs

September 30, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

Tech has made progress, and considering their talent level, CPJ has done well. He won with zero talent at Navy, so the 2 & 3 star talent at Tech seems great to him..Tech’s best game was their loss to Va Tech the ACC’s best team. It proved to me they can play with SEC teams, go Wreck…

By Al Davis

September 30, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

You morons are not just drinking the Kool Aid, you’re injecting it. You guys are nuts! Tech top 10? LMAO!!!! You idiots are collectively the most entertaining comedians in all of college football.

By Craig

September 30, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

Tech hasn’t proven themselves quite yet. We’ve showed a lot of promise, and I’m excited about where we are headed. However, I’m still not convinced we are a top 25 team. Everything in me wants us to be, but I won’t be convinced until after another 4 weeks.

By old gold engineer

September 30, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

The Tech team that played Mississippi State definitely looked like it could be in the Top 25. Let’s see if that team keeps showing up. The performances against BC and VT were not so stellar. If we keep winning, we’ll get plenty of attention by the end of the year. Ken is correct; we will need some wins over “big-name” teams to move in the rankings.

By reebok

September 30, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this

Tech hasn’t done anything yet to get into the Top 25, and wins over Duke and Gardner Webb to get to 5-1 probably won’t do it. But beating Clemson to get to 6-1 would be enough.

Of course, if we lose to Duke, it’s all a moot point. Thank God Chan Gailey is gone.

Tech fans - show up Saturday, dress in the team colors (whatever the he!! they are…If I had a daughetr, sir, I’d dress her in White and Mustard!) and give our team a real home-field advantage!

By Dawg lover

September 30, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Tech has not played one team in the top 25. Come on people. You played the weakest team in the SEC. Until you play in a real football coference you’ll will never recognized. The D-2 conference you’ll play in is a joke. Gardner Webb, Virginia, Duke, give me a break. Tech players can’t hold the jock strap of a UGA player because they aren’t worthy.

By Jamal

September 30, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

Ramble On- please stop posting…you make us look bad! We should probably be in the 20-25 range. Miss St. has shown that they are not that good. We beat them handily, but I am a realist and not ignorant. This year is wide open for the ACC, though. Supposedly our 2 best teams just got beat. One by a mediocre Navy team. So, time will tell!!

By GT_THWG

September 30, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Honestly, we belong just outside of the top 25. Somewhere like 26-34. I do find it funny how so many people lump all Tech fans in with a few “overexcited” fans. If Tech keeps winning, we’ll be ranked higher. Top 10 for Tech right now is just a little moronic. But I guess UGA at #1 was too…

By Bryan

September 30, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

Let’s beat a Top 25 team before we worry about being in the Top 25. We’re playing tough, but who have we really beaten?

By BobbyDodd

September 30, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

VaTech…tj, is not the best ACC team. Shows that you watch little football. VT lost to ECU and really should not have but one win this year. Tech outplayed them badly but lost on turnovers and penalties. UNC outplayed them badly and lost on two costly late turnovers that gave VT two quick scores. And Nebraska certainly believes that turnovers and bad calls cost them on Saturday. VT is the ACC’s darling (just ask the refs) but this year they really are not very good. The worst 4-1 team in the nation but the luckiest.

Tech should be ranked in the 30’s. We were manhandled at BC and won! (Go Jackets!!!) We beat VT except where it counted but they just are not the usual tough VT team and will lose three or four this year. We whipped Miss. St. but also were fortunate early to block the FG and get that whacko fumble that flew way up in the air to stop a Miss. St. drive and led to us taking a huge early lead. But we did look efficient offensively. But we have not played a tough top 25 program this year. Thus how can we be ranked up there? If we win out and beat Clemson then we should jump into the top 20 but not until we complete some more work. We better play better defense on Saturday or we may lose to 3-1 Duke (that should be 4-0).

By timthebrave

September 30, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

If tech beats duke I expect they will crack top 25. The win against boston college was a quality win but the rest were against awful teams. This season can still go either way for tech

By Ramblin Wrecker

September 30, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

As far as rankings go, I think we’re being held down by VT, until voters feel that VT has turned the corner since their loss to Eastern Carolina. Remember VT didn’t crack the top 25 (again) until this week’s defeat of Nebraska. I think that GT might make the top 25 if they have an impressive game against Duke, not that beating Duke has become an impressive feat, but they’re competitive. So if GT can put it to Duke convincingly, then just by attrition they should move up.

I think things are coming into sharper contrast now that we’ve gotten a few weeks behind us. USC’s drubbing of Virginia, which catapulted them over UGA into the #1 spot, doesn’t seem so impressive now that Duke blew them out too. And the Oregon State loss shouldn’t be such a shock. I think we’re headed for another 2 loss national champion, because there are not any elite teams out there. OK won’t go undefeated, neither will Mizz or LSU or even Alabama in my opinion. I see upsets happening all season long. I mean I have more confidence that GT will end the season with only one loss than any of those top tier teams going undefeated. Nobody on GT’s schedule scares me and yes Dawg fans that includes UGA. I mean, is UGA going to out MAN GT? I don’t think so, they left what little manhood they had out on the field Saturday night.

I predict GT will end the season ranked higher than UGA.

TO HELL WITH GEORGIA!!!!

By wes

September 30, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

Gailey’s teams NEVER finished in the Top 25. Never.

Paul Johnson’s first team will.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

September 30, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

OK, so 2-3 against the SEC, I’m guilty of using the Terence Moore of fact gathering.

Jamal, deal with it!!!!

By Less Concerned Jacket

September 30, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

Where we currently are is about right. We really haven’t beat anyone with any real postseason hopes. Had we pulled out the win at VT, then maybe 18 or so.

The true challenge lies ahead, Clemson, Miami, FSU, UNC, and UGA. We could be underdogs in all 5, or at least 4 of 5. Lose 4 or all 5, and here we go back to Boise. Win 4 or all 5, and Tampa may be a real possibility, and probably the Gator Bowl. Not bad for a 1st year coach with a system that many believed couldn’t work at the BCS level.

By Tony

September 30, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this

The bottom line is that Tech needs to keep winning plain and simple.Let the wins speak for themselves. If Tech takes care of business then everthing else will fall into place. Just win!

By GT

September 30, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

You know something I like sticking my neck out. I don’t like getting on the bandwagon after they beat Georgia. I am telling you right now this program in the next three years will beat Georgia and beat them consistently. Georgia is a fine program, but what got them Saturday night will get them again. They are looking in the mirror a little too much. Most of these Georgia players won a beauty contest somewhere before they got to Georgia and have never felt the need to get better. Hard guys to coach, Tech on the other hand have had to earn everything they have got, now they got a coach that is the same way. Johnson would coach for free at the YMCA if he had to, he has been to every backwater stop in football, he is a football coach. Gailey was a Jones yes man at Dallas, which shows me he was in it for the paycheck and carried that tradition on over to Tech. I keep telling the Georgia people the best thing that could happen to Georgia is for Tech to get competitive. It helped Tech to live in the same state with Georgia, if not they would still have Gailey mailing it in and letting Georgia off easy with a can’t do attitude.

By Realisticfan

September 30, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

So far Tech has beaten a Div 2 team, an average ACC team, and the worst SEC team in 25 years. They have one decent win over an above average Va Tech. And the next two games are Duke and Gardner Webb. Why would you rank them at all till they beat a good team. They haven’t played anybody except the one they lost.

By NotaTechorUGAfan

September 30, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

UGA will kill you guys even if all they do is pass the football. You guys make fools of yourself every single year with all your smack talk. UGA is better tahn you and always will be. You have acoomplished absolutely nothing this year and already you are kings of the college football galaxy. What you really are is a bunch of bombastic wannabees just hoping that the damn sky doesn’t fall on you but knowing that it will. Alabama beat UGA. Alabama would have beaten you guys by 50 points the way they played Saturday. So go ahead and pass the crack pipe girls. The high will wear off way before UGA continues their dominance of you second raters this November.

By GT

September 30, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

I agree with Realisticfan, except Mississippi State is not the worst SEC team in 25 years, Vanderbilt and a Cutcliff Mississippi team are two that come to mind that are worse, this is not even the worst Miss. State team in 25 years.

By Truth

September 30, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

Tech could run the table until the UGA game and still wouldn’t have proven anything. Except for UGA, the teams left on your schedule are collectively pretty bad. The only way Tech proves anything in the pitiful ACC is to win the conference title and beat UGA. Fail to do either and guess what? You still suck.

By Von Jennings

September 30, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

Just keep winning. The polls will take care of themselves. It’s the end of the season rankings that count.

By jabster

September 30, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t call Mississippi State University the worst team in the SEC, let alone the last 25 years. Don’t forget the University of Arkansas (IMO the worst in the SEC this year). The University of South Carolina may not be much better than MSU. Auburn University is about the same as MSU. MSU gave Louisiana State University a good game—and LSU is one of the SEC’s “legitimate” top 15 teams. And the University of Kentucky hasn’t beaten anyone of consequence—ditto for South Carolina.

By CGA

September 30, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

Personally, I don’t think much of the rankings at this time of the year. They’re based too much on last year’s record and reputation. If Tech keeps on winning, they will eventually end up in the Top 25. In case anyone has forgotten, Tech won their 1990 National Championship during a year when they were not even ranked at the beginning of the season. It’s only when actual games are played that the posers and pretenders will be weeded out and the cream of the crop will eventually rise to the top. Tech needs just concentrate on about beating Duke this week. The rankings will eventually take care of themselves.

By GT_THWG

September 30, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this

It is entertaining to read the mutts posts…

By Joe

September 30, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

Go Jackets we should at least be ranked in the top 15-25.

By GOTECH610

September 30, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

Some of you UGA fans are extremely bitter this week. Hmm…..wonder why??? Could it be that UGA just got their butts whipped at home during your ex-coveted “blackout”. I guess Mark Richt feels pretty crunchy after mocking that funeral remark, because that is exactly what he got. You should to listen to Jim Rome at jimrome.com give them doggies hell. It is amusing. He pretty much called Richt an idiotic moron, as well as the whole UGA club for that blackout thing.

And for UGA fans to come on here and get us for not playing anyone is absolutely ridiculous. You see what happened to UGA when they actually played someone??? You got whipped. UGA hadn’t really played anyone comparable to GT’s opponents until this week, so why don’t you UGA fans go tend to your funeral, BTW just a suggestion, I would say UGA should cremate the remains of the NC hopes, they got burned pretty bad on Saturday night.

As for GT, rank them about 25 or 24. I don’t see why Wake get’s to stay in when everyone else in that range got out. Doesn’t add up. I don’t really think it matters as of now anyways. End of the season matters.

By GT_THWG

September 30, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

Just remember mutts - 3-2 followed by 38-7. MSU can hang with all the SEC big boys. MSU was burnt at Tech. I have to say that Bama is good…much better than UGA and much better than Tech. But the fact still remains that Tech is winning. Tech may not have proven anything, but neither has UGA. Not a single ranked team either…keep that in mind before you start trying to say that Tech hasn’t done anything. UGA got spanked by the only real team they’ve played.

By Sam

September 30, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

With your great coach, your great talent, and your overwhelmingly superior offensive system, you should beat everyone left on your schedule. Anything less than 10-2 is an abject failure for a team as great as GT.

By CW

September 30, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

Wow! We have a lot of Tech fans that need to lay down the crack pipe. Here is the current AP 20 - 25. 20 - VT 21 - OK St 22 - Fresno St 23 - Oregon 24 - UConn 25 - Wake

Here are the facts on Tech: • Last year underperformed and got dusted in the bowl game. • Lost a ton of seniors and returns the youngest team in their conference (75 FR and SO) • New head coach installing entirely new and confusing offense • Arguably one of the toughest schedules in the country

Like many of you, I am absolutely thrilled with how good Tech looks and how well they have played. But if you think voters around the country are going to rank Tech ahead of the programs listed above, you simply aren’t being rational. I believe that Tech will win the next two and then will sneak into the top 25. But it will be very hard to stay in the top 25 with the remaining schedule against Clemson, FSU, UNC, Miami and UGA.

I think Tech is currently ranked right where they should be. If Coach Johnson keeps this team as focused as they have been to date, the rankings will take care of themselves.

Tech is the youngest team in the ACC.

By Geoff T.

September 30, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this

As bad as UGA is this year you should easily beat them. If not PJ has accomplished nothing more than Gailey. This horible UGA team is the worst this decade. If you can’t beat them…..well.

By Jack G

September 30, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

It is obvious from most of these posts that when you attended college you took Loudmouth blabbering 101. You either did not take (or if you did) flunked Logic 101

By Zell

September 30, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this

Good point Geoff T. If GT can’t beat that overrated team from Athens that got pounded by Bama, GT accomplishes nothing and PJ fails. Tech is better than UGA this year and if they can’t beat them it’s the same old Tech team that can’t get it done when it really matters.

By noneya

September 30, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

Just beat UGA….

By Jeff

September 30, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

I’m just being real honest. I would rank them number 30.

By hal

September 30, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

they should be number 25 this week, for sure. thanks paul for what you did at GSU, and good luck at ga tech, go gary guyton ga tech man at New england and go Bradwell Institute gary’s h.s.

By Jeff

September 30, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

about 10 spots lower then the Hokies who whupped them.

By Jeff

September 30, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

for all you Tech idiots who suddenly think you are better then UGA, Bama would beat you 51-10 if you played them. What you have to realize is “Georgia is way better then you” which means Bama would whip you worse.

By GT_THWG

September 30, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

Jeff - whupped is what Bama did to UGA. A 3 point loss that comes down to the final minute is a close loss…hardly a “whupping”

By james

September 30, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

well we are #1 in the sec. west so i say tech should be ranked #25. thwg

By AtlMike

September 30, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Tech will always be a lower tier program. They should be ranked around 85 or 86. I will not be surprised if Duke wins this weekend. THWT

By BUZZZZZard

September 30, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

So GT_THWG, I guess that means we should beat that “whupped” UGA team, and if we don’t we are pretty damn bad.

By UGA Logic

September 30, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Jeffie Boy we’ll see in Nov. Trying to apply logic like that doesn’t work. MSU held Auburn to 3-2. We beat them 38-7. MSU played LSU to a 34-24 score. Using your flawed “logic”, we killed a team that hung with a top 5 team, so we should be ranked just behind them.

By TechLogic

September 30, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

I agree UGA Logic. Using yours you should be undoubtedly better than UGA. Therefore you should be man enough to say that if you don’t beat such an overrated, sorry, UGA team that you are still the typical Tech team that typically sucks. Say it UGA Logic. Man up puzzy.

By GT_THWG

September 30, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

BUZZZZZard - I’m not following you here. I’m saying let’s not try to say Tech hasn’t done anything when UGA hasn’t either. Look in the top 25 and show me a single team beaten by UGA. They’re not there. Not there for Tech either. So if you say Tech hasn’t done anything, neither have the mutts.

I agree with you that Tech should be ranked 30ish. I don’t think that beating Duke and Gardner-Webb will help. We’ll have to win @ Clemson before we can say we’ve done anything.

By 1Jacket7

September 30, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this

The ranking system is a joke and it will never represent the true Top 25 teams. To much bias. There are several teams in the Top 15 that do not deserve to be there. Clemson #9 loses to Unranked ALA. Clemson drops out of the rankings. FLA and USC lose to unranked teams and still remain in Top 15. Auburn has no offense, LSU has played no one and they have moved up to #3 go figure. FSU two losing seasons, beats two weak teams they get ranked in Top 25. Ohio ST has nothing does nothing and shows it. Still in top 25. Should TECH be there? absoultely. We done just as good as these teams and we aren’t ranked. But, we have a problem. Clemson will lose to Wake and will have 3 loses and not ranked. UVA horrible. FSU will lose to MIA and they both are unranked so no jump there. UNC is up and down. Not ranked. MIA wins out up to our game and maybe they are #24. UGA will lose 2 more games unfortunately because the media and country says that LSU is strong and FLA has Tebow. Give me a break. Where does that put us at the end of the year. Because if an SEC team beats each other it shows how tough the conference is and if ACC beats each other it show how avg we are. If an ACC team beats SEC team its ignored. SEC over ACC it shows its dominance. So, if TECH wins out this ranking system will have us #15. If we can catch a break make it to TAMPA and then Orange Bowl. We will then crack the top 10. So don’t worry about the polls. They are all screw up. We could be the best team in the country, but with the bias and the current system we will never make it to the Top 4 to have a chance to prove it. This is why National Champions are made over 2 or more years. Its never the best team of the current year.

By gtgulfcoast

September 30, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

Don’t jinx us with polls right now. Just win the next 3 or 4 in a row - if we do that the rankings will be there.

By 1Jacket7

September 30, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

Enough with the Gardner-Webb comments. They are on the schedule because there was no one else. Army dropped out at last minute and we had to find a team that would come to us and didn’t have a game scheduled. So it was a not by choice decision. According to the comments today, no one has played anyone. Wow, why do we even show up on Saturdays.

By GT Fan

September 30, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

What does GT have to do to get some respect? They should at least be in the top 20. AtlMike, you are just worried that GT is going to beat your mighty muts this year.

By New England Jacket

September 30, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

jabster: Why did you have to be so funny? I was hoping for a flame war : )

I’m telling you, Thomas Bowden is worse than Chan Gailey for losing games he’s supposed to win, but he gets to keep his job thanks to his 7-2 record against the gamecocks.

As far as GT goes, I only care about two things: Winning our next game and beating UGA, and of those, I value the latter much more, unless it happens to be 11/22-11/28.

By #2

September 30, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

Where should we be ranked? #2 in the state of Georgia, that’s where. And until we beat UGA we will remain #2. All Tech fans know that until we beat UGA no other poll means a f*******%ing thing.

By gb

September 30, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

If Tech continues to win, they will be ranked. Realistically, they should be ranked one above Georgia. Tech should have won the game they lost, Georgia was just an inferior team in their loss…go figure.

By Terry

September 30, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this

Focus, DUKE, Focus, DUKE, FOCUS!!!!!

By surfrider

September 30, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

In a way it would be interesting if they did’nt even rank teams until after mid-season or six games into the season. Tech will know a lot more Saturday after the Duke game. Cutliffe is a good coach and they whopped a UVA team that has some talent. The last 5 games are going to be tough no matter what with Clemson, FSU, UNC, Miami and Ga. so let’s take them one at a time. If we develop a passing game to go with this option nobody will be able to stop us, it will be like 1999 all over again. Hamilton, White, Burns, etc…

By GtLifer

September 30, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

GT had 4:37 to win the game or get 3 pts to push overtime in the game they lost and couldn’t move the ball when they had to with the game on the line gb. How is it that we should have won? To hear some of you here talk our unstopable, quick strike offense should have had no problem whatsoever. Fact: GT hasn’t snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when it mattered in a long long time. Woulda shoulda coulda doesn’t cut it anymore gb.

By Zap

September 30, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

After reading all of the brilliant assessments of where Tech should be rated I am inclined to petition Mark Richt to concede this November’s game. Obviously after his loss to Bama, he and his 2 SEC Championships,all of his top 10 finishes, and 10,11,12, and 13 win seasons should just pack it in. Obviously he has no chance against the greatest coach to have beaten only 5 winning teams in 7 seasons in Div I, and his tremendously talented team that hasn’t won a game when it was all on the line this decade. Why don’t we just tell it like it is. Richt and UGA suck. Johnson is the messiah and Tech is the greatest team to ever lace shoes. The Bama game proves you will just roll all over UGA, huh gents? I bet Tech can beat Bama too. No problem. Because now we have our 11th or 12th messiah in the last 30 years or so. Tech 220, UGA 0. Bet the house.

By Big Bee

September 30, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

GT should be ranked about 17-18. And Dave O’le Buddy, now that UGA has played someone and gotten their butt spanked, 10 or 11 may be too high. National Champions? Not even in women”s basketball.hehehehehehe

By WJ

September 30, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

I really could care less where Tech is ranked right now. We need to keep getting better each week. The ranking will take care of itself.

Dave, I wouldn’t talk about schedules up to this point because UGA has not beaten any one ranked yet. The one team that was ranked (Bama) KILLED you. If they waited until a few games into the season to rank teams instead of this stupid “preseason” ranking….UGA wouldn’t be ranked either!

By SEC is Overrated

September 30, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

The SEC is way overrated. Let’s review some facts:

Starting with the dregs - Arkansas is just plain putrid, just barely beat an FCS opp and La-Mo, has lost badly in every other game.

• MSU lost to La Tech, that’s right La. Tech, and were hammered in their only other OOC game of note

• So Carolina, only managed 10 win vs FCS opp Wofford and 13 pt win vs the worst FBS team UAB. Did manage to beat the worst team in the ACC (but only after knocking out their starting QB)

• Tenn, lost to UCLA (arguably one of the worst teams in the FBS)

The middle tier: - Ky, Vandy, Miss - who knows how good they are, they either haven’t played anyone OOC yet or lost (i.e. Miss losing to WF)

• That Ky, Vandy, Ole Miss is the middle tier is sad

The top tier (the 5 top 10 teams from 2 weeks ago): - UGA - barely beat a bad So Carolina team (managed roughly the same offensive output as UAB and Wofford did against USCe)

• Florida - one diminsional offensive team that even Ole Miss could score at will against (nice win finally pulling away from Miami in the 4th qtr, a team that couldn’t beat UNC playing with their 3rd string QB)

• Auburn - their offense doesn’t even have one diminsion, will be exposed if they ever play anyone decent (struggled to beat bad Miss St and Tenn teams)

• LSU - best wins - a squeaker vs Aub (Auburn’s best offensive output of the year) and Miss St. (MSU’s best offensive output)

• Alabama - arguably the best SEC team to date (their offense outscored Tulane 7-6)

Some general stats: - the SEC is 12-0 vs the Sun Belt, CUSA and MAC

• the SEC is 7-0 vs FCS

• the SEC is 2-0 vs W. Ky (not sure if they count as FCS or FBS)

• the SEC is only 5-4 vs BCS conference OOC opp (the ACC is 8-7 and the Mtn West is 7-5 for a reference point)

So, let’s recap the SEC’s vaunted OOC record is built mostly on games against Sun Belt, CUSA, MAC and FCS teams (21-0). When they do play quality opponents, their record is less impressive (5-4). SEC teams get a lot of credit for beating each other, but you can argue that the conference as a whole is mediocre at best.

By Sam

September 30, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

And I’m sure the mighty GT could just walk all over Alabama huh, Big Bee? Go back to huffing gas moron. Or better yet, shoot a can of Raid up your nose. It beats mainlining that Kool Aid you get high on.

By Tech fan in NC

September 30, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

so 1Jacket7 is the guy that selected GW…LOL…just kidding. The fact that Army dropped out is common knowledge. However, any ACC team that plays GW is asking for possible ridicule no matter the score. If you win big, you might be a bully. If you do not win big, well, you might look…take your pick of many undesirables.

But first, Duke.

By DBC

September 30, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

I guess that SEC mediocrity is why you can’t beat the one SEC opponent on your schedule each and every year SEC is Overrated. What are you again? 12-32 since 1964. But one thing none of you have to worry about. GT will never be overrated. You have to be on somebody’s radar screen to be overrated. Enjoy sniffing Uga VII’s a%s just like you sniffed VI’s all those years. Some things will never change and that is one of them. You’ll never be the lead dog in this state. So enjoy the view, and Uga VII’s hindquarters. Of course that should be no issue for you losers now that you are so accustomed to it.

By GT Aficionado

September 30, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

Sam,

Tulane held the mighty tide to 172yards of total offense in Tuscaloosa

Now just because UGA had given up that and more by 2 mins into the 2nd quarter doesn’t mean CPJ and the Jackets couldn’t do better

Go lick your wounds and cry about the fact that UGA doesn’t have as many national titles as GT and by UGA’s display on Sat, they probably never will

By Sam

September 30, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

And of course the mighty GT could just beat the hell out of all those teams, right GT Afficinado? For a team that has won nothing this entire decade you sure like to crap on the achievements of others. Win something how about it.

By GT Aficionado

September 30, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

DBC

GT has 2 times as many National Championships as UGA

Nuff said

No get off this blogg and go wallow in the shame of your embarrassing beat down on your home field

By GT Aficionado

September 30, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

Sam

Ok, when you say “winning something” then in ncaa football, that means National Championships

How many NC does UGA have? When did they last win one?

Now after you google UGA’s NC come back here and realize that GT has more NC and we’ve won one MUCH more recently than UGA has.

By lifelongtechfan

September 30, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this

Don’t rank Tech - they play a lot better unranked for some reason.

By DBC

September 30, 2008 6:09 PM | Link to this

LMAO at the whining GT Aficionado. Can’t take the truth huh boy? 12-32 since 1964. Bite that! You will always be #2 in this state and you know it don’t you punk? It just kills you doesn’t it loser? Wallow in the fact that UGA totally owns your little can’t beat UGA team. Wallow in the fact that Mark Richt will always find a way to send you home to your boyfriend crying woulda shoulda coulda. Win something this decade loser. LMAO! ROFL! You suck GT Aficinado sorry azz loser. Get your little yellow panties out of that wad how about it. Better yet. Beat UGA before you make a fool of yourself. You’re a champion at that for sure. Nuff said. LMAO!

By Bill

September 30, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

I am a Virginia Tech Fan and am glad we played them early. forget the penalty, but for a couple of mistakes, GT would have easily won that game. As they develop more balance and adjust to the system, they can easily win the ACC championship.

By GT Aficionado

September 30, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this

DBC

GT has 4 NC - UGA has half that

Matter of fact the last time they won one was in 1980; judging by how ignorant you sound, you probably weren’t even born then lol - hilarious

UGA a great powerhouse; ha! Yep great powerhouses only have 2 NC and haven’t won one in nearly 30 years! hahahaha

Like I said, go lick your wounds; its ok, everyone saw how Bama embarrassed UGA between the hedges; it’s ok to be p** at that lol

By Zap

September 30, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

You’re an idiot GT Aficionado. The here and now is what is killing you. You can’t stand it. You’d pimp your boyfriend to get just 1 win over UGA before you die. Go tell your boss how making a profit 28 years ago is all that matters. Go ahead and take comfort in that jacka$s and UGA fans will just continue to beat you and laugh at you trying to elevate your self esteem with those NCs that came primarily when leather helmets were still state of the art. Now Google that you low IQed cretin. Until you beat UGA nothing matters but the fact that you can’t and it’s killing you. Man up you sissy.

By Gt4life

September 30, 2008 6:26 PM | Link to this

STFU GT Aficionado! We don’t need your whining now. And yes it is today that matters. You’re singing the song of a loser. You are the kind of fan that causes the rest of us so much grief. Get lost.

By GT Aficionado

September 30, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

Zap - its ok to cry after bama raped you in your own living room - LMAO

but that still doesn’t change the fact that you havent won a NC in nearly 30 years and you will never have as many NC as GT does….go ahead, cry about it, it’ll make you feel better

By GT Aficionado

September 30, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Gt4life you STFU b4 I do it for you

You are the type of GT fan that probably rooted for Gailey to stay

By GTthenHarvard

September 30, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

Gt4life,

I don’t agree with GT Aficionado’s tactics, but you are such an idiot. You don’t ever side with UGA. You embarass GT and you shame yourself.

By North Avenue Wino

September 30, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this

I like you GT Aficionado. I am an aficionado as well. Being a connoseur of Ripple and MD 20 20, I feel a kinship with you. Tech football and my wine of choice are such similar products that I feel you and I have much in common.

By GT76

September 30, 2008 6:47 PM | Link to this

What are you going to do GT Aficionado. Throw your keyboard at him. I bet you are some 95 lb punk that can’t beat your meat without changing hands. You’re a disgrace. And by the way, all those NCs don’t mean squat when we haven’t beaten our in state rival in 7 years. Get a grip on som ething other than your pud.

By GTthwg

September 30, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this

GTthenHarvard, how did Gt4life side with UGA? He had a point. NCs don’t have anything to do with now. We need to beat UGA and thats the nitty gritty of this whole thing. If anything, carping about NCs and academics and such really does make us look like a team that has nothing else to hang its hat on.

By GTthenHarvard

September 30, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

GTthwg - reread Gt4life’s post.

I understand that we need to beat UGA, but when a UGA fan comes on to a GT blog and makes disparaging remarks about our football program, you don’t castigate a fellow fan for trying to stand up for the football program. When UGA fans come on here and talk badly about GT football, and you roll over and say “yeah I guess you’re right, we do suck, we haven’t beat you in 7 years” then you make GT look extremely weak.

By GTthwg

September 30, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

How was he castigating the guy. Dealing with facts and reality is life GTthenHarvard. And the fact is that none of that other stuff means squat. Guys like GT Aficionado make all of us look like all we have is the past. We have more than that. And if anybody here feels like those NCs trump 12-32 since 64 or 7 in a row then I contend that they expect to lose and are looking for salve to rub in that wound.

By Carl

September 30, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

Read GT Aficionados post GTthenHarvard. It’s the anthem of a loser. Why are you defending that? He got nailed for having no better argument than that. Those NCs look good on the sign in front of Tech on I-75 to people passing through. Those of us that know the head to head history of GT vs UGA know it doesn’t mean shi^. We need to beat them now and more than once every 10 years to make that stuff mean something.

By YechiesBlow

September 30, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

Same old Tech. Schedule a bunch of high school caliber powderpuffs to begin the season 4 or 5-0. Get the ignorant Tech fan base’s hopes up just to finish the season in their typical mediocre fashion and struggle to make the Smurf Bowl just to get pounded by a WAC team. Gotta love it!!!

By dogs, champs in their own mind

September 30, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this

dogs were rank early Sat night.

I expect PJ is scheming for Duke presently and not too worried about dogs or polls.

By dogs, champs in their own state

September 30, 2008 8:23 PM | Link to this

And in their own state too.

By Love Thy Neighbor

September 30, 2008 8:27 PM | Link to this

Show a techmite some love. Get him a lifetime supply of Sensodyne. Just the mention of UGA strikes a nerve with a Tech fan. And with ample cause.

By jay jarrell

September 30, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

Are you kidding me! Did anyone notice except me that 11 Alive did not even show the sports sunday morning?Biased ,how true with the jounalist in this town!-compairson-who heads the NCAA committee? Just a little hint-“If there is going to be a bad call made you better make sure its for our conference.”How can you even get a lagit ranking when its all about money?” “How many fans you have” and whats in it for us media?

By Truth

September 30, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

Good point jay jarrell. When UGA/Tennessee get CBS and Tech gets ESPNU we know where we stand in the grand scheme of things. Maybe if anybody outside the perimeter knew who Tech was we could be somebody.

By Glenn Florence

September 30, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

CanChan, has lost 3 games as Off. coord. for th Kansas City Chiefs, ….Hello….

By Amused Onlooker

September 30, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

You Tech fans just don’t get it do you? You let yourselves be set up and sucked in every single day by what amounts to 3rd grade tactics. All they have to do is throw out that UGA bait and every single one of you bite and wind up being made total fools of. Damn you’re funny. 99% of you alledged Tech “grads” couldn’t succeed on that smarter than a 5th grader show. You get sucked in every single day and don’t even realize what’s going on. What a bunch of bozos. Damn you’re some dumb SOBs.

By GM

September 30, 2008 9:17 PM | Link to this

Yawn…

By asdsad

September 30, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this

Actually, the host of the smarter than a 5th grader host went to Tech. Got a job at IBM before using his real talent to make money. And for the losers that play the ACC vs SEC BS, why do people say that the SEC beats up on each other and how great all SEC team are when Ole Miss beats Florida, but when Wake beat Ole Miss it was Ole Miss is terrible. I seriously do not understand trailer park logic. Explain?

By SECsucks

September 30, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

SEC sucks. UT cant beat a pac-10 team. UMiss cant beat Wake but can beat Florida. But Ole Miss is tough team that can beat an SEC “powerhouse,” good luck with Duke if you get to play them Florida.

By TechCrybaby

September 30, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

Currently, Tech should be No. 30. If we beat Duke, we will be rated 24 or 25 in the AP Poll. That is logical, because Duke is no “cupcake,” as someone lightly blogged of them a few days ago. The real cupcake, Gardner-Webb, comes a week later. After we play them, Tech moves to No. 22, as teams higher up the ladder lose.

By Sting Attack

September 30, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this

The SEC is the most over rated conference in the history of college football. They only have 1 team that is half decent and that team mopped the floor with the horrible flea bags. I bet you won’t wear black jerseys again. Once we stomp you, you won’t wear red either.

By TechCrybaby

September 30, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this

Dear “Amused Onlooker”:

Please note - “99% of you alledged (sic, “alleged”) Tech ‘grads’ couldn’t succeed - - .”

You’re welcome.

By UGASidewalkAlum20ToLife

September 30, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this

It’s the UGA Sockpuppet Show! Some UGA partisan (singular) on this blog has more multiple personalities than…don’t say it…DON’T SAY IT…

Forget the trolls. The real danger here is the sockpuppets.

By Your Daddy

September 30, 2008 10:48 PM | Link to this

Coach Johnson,

For years we’ve refused to accept Georgia Southern’s challenge for fear that it would only reveal to the nation what everyone already knows here in state. That being we’re really only the 4th best college football team in Georgia, behind Southern and Valdosta State. Do you think this trend will change now that you’re here or will we keep scheduling the Samfords and Gardner Webbs of the world?

Your obedient servant,

Little Billy

By reese mayfield

September 30, 2008 11:10 PM | Link to this

ga tech fans lets not put shaw n front of nesbitt after all ga tech was 4 & 1 when he got hurt i must admit shaw should see some action but he need to stay as a back up for now

By lisa

October 1, 2008 7:07 AM | Link to this

Dave…I assume you are a UGA fan. They are ranked 11 and have beaten NOBODY! ASU and SC are not any better than BC. GT barely got beat by VT on the road and you got slapped around at home by Alabama. You were never even in the game. GT could beat more than half the teams in the SEC right now.

By BoBo

October 1, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this

I can hear the knees of dawg nation knocking…they are is scared!

By BoBo

October 1, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this

Bold I can hear the knees of dawg nation knocking…they are is scared!

By Cindy.

October 1, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

Wanna bet Tech doesn’t get slapped around before this season is over BoBo. And Lisa. Speaking of nobody, check your own schedule. The only somebody on it is UGA and you can’t seem to beat them no matter what. As for scared, BoBo, it seems to be Tech that undergoes severe sphincter contraction every time UGA is mentioned. Not to mention the yearly choke act that Tech is the undisputed champs of. Get over it. You will always be #2 in this state. The best thing you could do is drop UGA and pick up Ga. Southern. It would take them at least 5 years to establish dominance over you and until then you could beat your chests about being the best of the also rans.

By Genuine Tech Grad

October 1, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

By UGASidewalkAlum20ToLife

September 30, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this

It’s the UGA Sockpuppet Show! Some UGA partisan (singular) on this blog has more multiple personalities than…don’t say it…DON’T SAY IT…

Forget the trolls. The real danger here is the sockpuppets.

Good morning jabster. You ignorant non-college attending fake Tech alumni. Have a nice day acting stupid and embarrassing real Tech alums. You’re sick.

By Stan Rome

October 1, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

I agree Lisa. Tech could beat the few SEC teams not named UGA, Forida, Alabama, and LSU. Tennessee (as bad as they are) and Auburn would be favored over you and Vanderbilt would be a tossup. You might could beat the rest but being Tech that is seriously doubtful. You sissies punked out of the SEC when it got too tough for you and now you spend your days wishing you could beat UGA just 1 time every decade or so with eligible players. You Tech fans are collectively the most insecure, invious crowd of non game attending jackas$es in college football. You can’t even understand why nobody outside of 285 even knows your pitiful little program exists. Only to a Tech fan are these things such overwhelming mysteries. Maybe you would get a little more respect if you would just take advantage of those free hotdogs and cokes and attend a game so your stadium doesn’t resemble Grant’s Tomb. If you’re embarrassed, wear a bag on your head. It worked for the Saints. Nothing is more embarrassing to a program than to play a big game and the premium seats are empty. And those bright yellow ones sure stand out. Of course when the biggest venue you can get is Raycom or ESPNU, well it alleviates a lot of the shame. ESPN360 has been good to you. You need to send them thank you notes. Too bad you get the big networks only when it is time to show the world another choke fest or beatdown to UGA. Enjoy being Tech fans and your perpetual #2 standing in your own state.

By OldGold

October 1, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

Georgia Tech is a top 20 team right now for sure. We could beat any of the lower third of the top 25 any given Saturday. We’ll take not being ranked and just keep on rolling with it. 9-3, 10-2, 11-1 gets you in an awesome bowl regardless. That’s why we play the games. We’ll see.

By Wes

October 1, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

I have never been a fan of pre-season rankings. I would rather the “official” ap and cp come out after week 4. Everything else should just be speculation until that point. Having said that, I am comfortable with Tech just outside the top 25. Had we beaten VT I would put us just inside 20. If we win the next 3, I am thinking we will will be around 15th. If we roll over the next 3 I am guessing we could be as high as 11th or 12th. Just win baybee!

By GT Aficionado

October 1, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

[edit] Consensus AP/Coaches/BCS National Champions by CONFERENCE (Modern Era)

[edit] 1936-present Conference Championships Schools Big 12 18 Oklahoma (7), Nebraska (5), Texas (4), Colorado (1), Texas A&M (1) SEC 16 Alabama (7), LSU (3), Florida (2), Tennessee (2), Georgia (1), Auburn (1) Big 10 15 Ohio State (5), Minnesota (4), Michigan (2), Michigan State (2), Penn State (2) Independents 10 Notre Dame (8), Army (2) ACC 10 Miami (5), Florida State (2), Georgia Tech (1), Clemson (1), Maryland (1) Pac 10 9 USC (7), Washington (1), UCLA (1) Big East 3 Pittsburgh (2), Syracuse (1) Mountain West 2 BYU (1), TCU (1)

Who’s ya daddy mutts? LMAO!!!!

By KJ

October 1, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

You’re a bigger idiot today than you were yesterday GT Aficionado. Do you have degenerative brain function issues? What point were you trying to prove here exactly? That UGA and Tech both have 1 NC in the modern era? You’re daddy needs to be a brain surgeon. Or maybe you need electroshock therapy. You’re not stupid. You’re retarded.

By gtg236s

October 1, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Call me crazy, but I think the polls for us are fair. We are getting a few votes, but nothing over the top. I think we’ve done a real good job this year, and guys on the field know that the fans are happy. Being in the top 25 would just distract us. Sometimes going from 0 - 60 is not a good thing. Look at UGA, it bite them in the butt. Good things are happening and great things are in the works.

By Gt65

October 1, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

Lisa if you look at the schedules of the rest of our ACC opponents, you can see that every one of them could have 3,4 or more losses by the time we play them. In reality our SOS is pitiful. We lost to the best team we have played and don’t even play Wake. LSU, UF, and AU are quite a bit more formidable than what we will be facing. Arguing schedule with UGA fans is a non starter.